Christ Came to Give the Gift of Himself

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“Jesus was born to bear witness to the truth”

Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
John 18:37

He came to testify to the Truth, so that He might make for Himself a people who know and believe and follow the Truth, who will then tell everyone about the Truth.

Context of John 10:10

Understanding John 10:10

So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 10:7-10

LIFE in John’s Gospel

The Essence of Eternal Life

Definition: “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” – John 17:3

God’s Greatest Gift is Himself

At Christmas, Christ came to give us abundant life; eternal life; a life of glorious, awesome, soul-satisfying intimacy with God Himself. Christ came to give us God.