That’s an easy question isn’t it?  We all know the answer to that – or least we think we do.  If I took a survey of Bible-believing and church-going Christians in America today, what response do you think I’d hear most?  Or better, how would you yourself answer that question?

I think the vast majority would say “Jesus came to die for us and save us from our sins.” And we’d point to some of the most famous verses in the Bible that speak about God’s desire for our salvation to validate our answer – such as John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

That’s a good answer.  Nothing wrong with it at all.  Perfectly accurate and 100% in line with Scripture.  God did send His Son into the world to save us from everlasting death out of His great love for us and no one can deny that.

But is that it?  Is that all Jesus came to do?  To give us salvation and take us to heaven with Him after we die?  Or might there be more???