Jesus Came To Save Us and So Much More - 1 Corinthians 1-2

1 Corinthians 1:6-9 (ESV)

even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

God came to reveal to us His power and might and to save us from the pains of darkness and death.  In so doing He gave us some amazing benefits.  Note what we know about what Christ did for us, when He is confirmed among us (that means through faith we receive His gift of eternal life):

1. We lack no gift.  Jesus died, went to heaven and gave gifts to mankind to be used for His glory.  (Eph. 4:7-8)
2. He is going to return (revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ) (2 Thess. 1:9-10)
3. He will sustain us to the end.  Jesus will continue to carry us and mature our faith in perseverance.  (Phil 1:6)
4. He will present us before His Father spotless and blameless (Jude 24-25)
5. He puts us into fellowship with Him. (2 John 1:3)

Our salvation is a ticket to heaven.  But it is so, so much more.  We are restored in perfect harmony with the Father, through the sustaining work of the Son, by the Spirit.