The plainest and simplest answer to the question ‘Why did Jesus come to us?’ is found in one word ‘Love’. It is expressed in one of the most famous sentences in the whole of the world’s literature: ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life’ (John 3:16). In the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, when we remember the loving sacrifice of Jesus Christ, God is described as ‘the lover of mankind’.

4. Life 101 Session 4
March 14, 2013

6. John 3:16

7. Ephesians 3:18-19

10. We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only-Begotten Son of God,
begotten of the Father before all ages;
Light of Light, true God of true God,
begotten not created,
of one essence with the Father,
by whom all things were made;

11. Who for us men and for our salvation
came down from heaven,
and was incarnate of the Holy spirit and the
Virgin Mary and became Man.

12. And He was crucified for us under Pontius
Pilate,
suffered and was buried.
And on the third day He rose from the dead,
according to the scriptures, ascended to the
heavens;

13. He sits at the right hand of his Father,
and He is coming again in His glory
to judge the living and the dead,
Whose kingdom shall have no end.

15. Nicea 325 AD The Trinity, the
Divinity of
Christ
Constantinople 359 AD Completed the
work on the
Trinity
Ephesus 431 AD Virgin Mary as
Mother of God

16. Only God can save us – and Christ is fully
divine
He was also fully human – and so we is able
to reach us
To the point of our human need

30. Genesis 1:31