The Reason for Your Own Birth
“For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have
come into the world”
(John 19:37)
“I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work
that you gave me to do”
(John 17:4)
We often refer to the life of Christ as a life of a designated destiny (Jn. 17:4; 18:37). But, we sometimes forget that as followers of the Christ we, ourselves, are to have that same sense of royal destiny. Consider this divine destiny for every believer as taken from the Gospel of John:
A. The Christian has not only been born, but has been born again (Jn. 3:1-8).
B. Once Jesus said, “kingdom,” and he did (Jn. 18:36), the entire royal Davidic program became current and electric (cf. Jn. 12:13).
C. This program of designated destiny was meant to include his followers (Jn.18:36,37; “everyone”).
D. Now, we have our own work to do (cf. Jn. 9:4; 12:26; Eph. 2:10).
-Robert M. Housby