Jesus perfectly fulfilled ALL of these purposes. In fact, He also perfectly fulfilled the Law through His sacrifice also. Paul speaks of this in Romans.

It is amazing in John 3:16 that the words that I am so familiar with are given by Jesus Himself. That really struck me this year. I have read these words so many times, but I never saw how Jesus said this. Here He is speaking of His own death and humility in coming to Earth as a mere man.

Jesus perfectly obeyed the Father and only did those things God instructed Him. That is why Jesus was given all authority and all glory in this perfect obedience. All that God purposed for Him, Jesus did.

When I think of this, I automatically think of what Jesus said in John 15, where apart from Him, we can do NOTHING. We are told to abide and remain IN HIM.

We know that God has choosen to dwell within us. He stands at the door of our heart and knocks, asking to be let in, in order that He might dine with us. This is a very special thing. Sharing meals together was a very special occassion during that time.

We are also called the bride of Christ. Marriage and it's levels of intimacy are a reflection of the closeness that we are to have with our father, Jesus Christ.

If our hearts are closed off to Jesus, then we are not allowing Him to come into parts of our lives. We are still clinging onto certain things. We do not want to expose them to "light" of Jesus, for we already know that they are wrong. We, in whatever action or thought, are not being obedient to Christ. We do not want it His way, we want it OUR way.

Or, we do not really believe or trust that Jesus can indeed help us with whatever particular problem we are facing. Therefore, we are not coming to Him for help with the problem, but instead trying to fix it all on our own.

We are told to delight ourselves in the richness of the Lord. Those that come to Him shall not hunger or thrist. Our souls shall be satisfied in Him. As this occurs, we will be transformed due to the renewing of our minds from the reading of His Word.

We are unable to please God on our own. All of our most righteous acts are as filthy rags to the Lord. No matter what we do to try and please God, they are still tainted with our dirty sin. If we try to please God on our own, there can still be pride in that, where we are trying to show God what WE have done. But, we forget that it is God who gives us the strength. (John 15)

In Being united with Him in Spirit, He will speak to us and whisper to our souls what His will and desire is for us.