Popo yohle e bopilwe ho Jesu Kreste; the Word. All things in heaven and on earth, the visible and invisible, are created by Him and for Him. There’s not one creation that is created without Him. Everything has its existence in Jesus Christ; Lentswe. That’s why the whole creation testifies about Him. But since the whole creation is created by and for Him, is this why Jesus had to come to earth?
why did Jesus have to come to the earth?
Jesus had to come to earth since the whole creation is created in Jesus Christ, Lentswe. This is the reason why Jesus the Living Word came to create in Him a popo e ncha (motho e motjha).
For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse (Baroma 1:20)
Hobane re mosebetsi oa Hae, ba bopilwe ho Kreste Jesu ho etsa mesebetsi e molemo, tseo Modimo o di laetseng pele, hore re tsamaye ho tsona (Baefese 2:10)
The new creation is created by and in Jesus Christ.
Setšoantšo sa Molimo ea sa bonahaleng, letsibolo la sebopuwa se seng le se seng: Bakeng sa hae ho ne ho etsoa lintho tsohle tse entsoeng, e leholimong, le hore ke lefatšeng, e bonahala ebile e sa bonahale, Hore na ke makala, kapa ho busa, kapa bokhoni ba mantlha, kapa matla: Lintho tsohle li entsoe ke eena, le bakeng sa hae: 'Me o pele ho lintho tsohle, 'me ka eena lintho tsohle li na le (Bakolose 1:15-18)
Who are the sons of man?
The sons of man are born of the seed of Adam; the seed of fallen man. They are his offspring. Because Adam sinned through his ho se mamele Molimo, death entered. Ka hoo, his spirit died and his flesh (moya le mmele) remained alive.
Sin affected the seed of humanity. Because of sin, death entered and reigned from that moment in the whole human race.
Adam became unclean; moetsalibe. Therefore the offspring of Adam; the sons of man would be born as sinners. Death would reign and still reigns in every person, ya tswetsweng lefatsheng lena.
the coming of Jesus Christ to the earth
Jesus came in the flesh in the likeness of man to this earth. Leha ho le joalo, Jesus was not born of the seed of man but of the holy Seed of God. Therefore Jesus wasn’t affected by evil and death didn’t reign in Jesus. Nakong ya Jesu’ bophelo lefatsheng, Jesus had the ability to disobey God and sin, Joalo ka Adama feela.
For we have not an high Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; empa o ne a lekilwe ka ditsela tsohle jwaloka rona, leha ho le jwalo ba se na sebe (Baheberu 4:15)
Jesus could exchange His holy status through sin for death. But Jesus walked in righteousness and holiness and stayed obedient to the will of God until His death.
When the time came to fulfill God’s redemptive plan for fallen man, they took Jesus captive, whipped, and crucified Him.
Jesus yielded and humbled Himself and at the cross, God laid all the sins and iniquities of humanity upon Him.
Me, ea ba, Jesus took all sins and iniquities of the human race upon Himself and died on the cross.
Jesus shed His blood for the whole corrupted human race, which was affected by sin and death.
Because Jesus took all sins and iniquities upon Himself, Jesus entered Hades and stayed there for three days. Ka mor'a matsatsi a mararo, Jesus conquered death and rose from the dead.
The Redemption in Jesus Christ
Mme jwaloka ha Moshe a kile a phahamisa noha feelleng, Morwa Motho o tshwanetse go tlhatlosiwa jalo: That whosoever believes in Him should not perish, empa a be le bophelo bo sa feleng(Johanne 3:14-15)
Jesu o entse tsena tsohle, e le hore bohle, ea lumelang ho eena, and accepts Him as Saviour, and makes Him Lord of their lives, and obeys His words, and walks in Litaelo tsa hae, would not see death, but receive eternal life.
Ka mosebetsi oa hae oa topollo, Jesu o ile a kholisa monna khutlela ho Molimo. Jesu e ne e le Letsibolo la pōpo e ncha; bara ba Modimo (sena se sebetsa ho banna le basali). The true sons of God are born of God and walk in righteousness and holiness in the will of God.
The sons of God are created in Jesus Christ
The sons of God are created in Jesus Christ through faith and regeneration in Jesus Christ. They are born of water (Kolobetso) le Moya (baptism of the Holy Spirit). Molimo o file motho e mong le e mong, who believes and receives His Son (Lentswe la Modimo), power to become a son of God.
Empa tse ngata kamoo li ileng tsa mo amohela, O ba neile matla a ho ba bara ba Modimo, esita le ho bona e lumelang lebitsong la hae: E tsoetsoeng, eseng mali, Kapa ke thato ea nama, kapa ka thato ea motho, Empa ho Molimo (Johanne 1:12-13)
The life reigns in Jesus Christ and death has been conquered. If the life reigns in Christ, and the sons of God are seated in Him, life also reigns in them. Since the life reigns in the sons of God (Lintho tse ncha) instead of death, they shall not see death.
The sons of God are holy and righteous
Jesu o ne a halalela a bile a lokile. Ka hona, the offspring of Jesus (bara ba Modimo), who are born of the Seed of God, are holy and righteous. The Spirit and life reign again in every person, who is born again in Christ by water and Spirit. Bara ba Molimo (Tse tona le tsehali) walk after the Spirit in the will of God and keep His commandments.
They obey His words and walk in God’s commandments because they’re written upon their new hearts through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. They’ve God’s holy nature and character, instead of the devil’s corrupt evil nature and character.
The only thing that stands in their way, and prevents them from walking after the Spirit like Jesus, is their carnal mind. Because the carnal mind thinks like the world.
The spiritual new man has been made perfect (felletse) ho Kreste.
Monna e mocha puts off the wold man le e apara motho e motjha from his perfect spiritual state in Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Ha o ntjhafatsa kelello ya hao ka Lentswe la Modimo, your thoughts and the way you think will line up with God’s Word.
Your mind determines your actions. Ka hona, if your mind lines up with God’s Word, your actions and works line up with the Word of God.
The more time you spend in the Bible and renew your mind with the words of God, the quicker your mind lines up with the Word. You shall spiritually mature and walk after the Spirit according to the Word.
Mme le ntjhafale moyeng wa kelello ya lona; and that you put on the new man, eo ka mora Modimo o bopetsweng ho lokeng le kgalalelong ya nnete (Baefese 4:23-24)
'Me u beoe monna e mocha, e nchafalitsoeng tsebong kamora setšoantšo sa hae se mo bōpileng (Bakolose 3:10)
Popo yohle e bopilwe ho Jesu Kreste
The purpose of the sons of God is to do God’s will upon this earth and manifest His Kingdom, moo Jesu Kreste ke Morena. So that the Father and the Son will be glorified and exalted.
In everything you do, you could ask yourself the following question, “Do I exalt Jesus by doing this?”
We have become in Christ the new creation, which God had in mind, from the moment that Adam sinned and the seed of the human race became corrupted with evil and death.
Since the creation was created by the Word, Jesus had to come to this earth. So that through and in Jesus Christ (Lentsoe le Phelang) the new man could be created.
The new man is the last creation that God created in Jesus Christ (Lentswe). And so the whole creation is created in Jesus Christ.
‘E be letsoai la lefatše’
