36 Reasons Why Christ Came

36 Reasons Why Christ Came:

1. To Do the Will of His Father

·         “For I have come down from Heaven, not to do My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.” (John 6:38)

·         “Jesus prayed, ‘I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.’” (John 17:4)

·         “Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God, as it is written of Me in the scroll of the book.’” (Hebrews 10:7)

2. To Save Sinners

·         “The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.” (1 Timothy 1:15)

·         “…for then He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” (Hebrews 9:26)

·         “But you know that He appeared so that He might take away our sins. And in Him is no sin.” (1 John 3:5)

3. To Bring Light to a Dark World

·         “I have come into the world as Light, so that whoever believes in Me may not remain in darkness.” (John 12:46)

·         “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.” (John 15:22)

4. To Be Made Like His People in Order to Save Them

·         “Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, He himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. For surely it is not angels that He helps, but He helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore, He had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.” (Hebrews 2:14-17)

5. 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)

6. To Destroy the Devil and His Works

·         “Since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.” (Hebrews 2:14)

·         “Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.” (1 John 3:8)

7. To Give Eternal Life

·         “I am the Living Bread that came down from Heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever. And the Bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.” (John 6:51)

8. To Receive Worship

·         “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him.’ And going into the house they saw the child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered Him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:1-2, 11)

9. To Bring Great Joy

·         “And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people; for today in the City of David there has been born for you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.’” (Luke 2:10-11)

10. To Demonstrate True Humility

·         “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” (Philippians 2:5-8)

11. To Preach the Gospel, the Good News of the Kingdom

·         “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour”…but He said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” (Luke 4:18-19, 43; cf. Isaiah 61:1-2)

12. To Bring Judgment

·         “Jesus said, ‘For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.’ Some of the Pharisees near Him heard these things, and said to Him, ‘Are we also blind? Jesus said to them, ‘If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, “We see,” your guilt remains.’” (John 9:39-41; see also John 3:17)

13. To Give His Life a Ransom for Many

·         “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)

·         “…waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession who are zealous for good works.” (Titus 2:13-14)

14. To Fulfil the Law and Prophets

·         “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.” (Matthew 5:17-18)

15. To Reveal God’s Love for Sinners

·         “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.” (John 3:16-17; but also see John 9:39)

16. To Call Sinners to Repentance

·         “And when Jesus heard it, He said to them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.’” (Mark 2:17)

17. To Die That Others Might Live

·         “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honour him. Now is My soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose, I have come to this hour.” (John 12:24-27)

18. To Seek and Save the Lost

·         “And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.’” (Luke 19:5, 9-10)

·         “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.” (John 3:17)

19. To Serve

·         “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)

20. To Bring Peace

·         “For He himself is Our Peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that He might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.” (Ephesians 2:14-18)

21. To Bring a Sword That Divides

·         “Jesus said, ‘Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.’” (Matthew 10:34-35)

·         “Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.” (Luke 12:51)

22. To Bind Up Broken Hearts and Mend Broken Lives

·         “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor; He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.” (Isaiah 61:1-3)

23. To Give Us the Holy Spirit to be Our Helper

·         “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” (John 14:16-17)

·         “And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’” (Galatians 4:6)

24. To Make Us Partakers of the Divine Nature

·         “…by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.” (2 Peter 1:4)

25. To Reign as King

·         “For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over His Kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.” (Isaiah 9:6-7)

26. To Restore Human Nature to Holiness

·         “And the angel answered her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore, the Child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.’” (Luke 1:35)

27. To Become a Merciful and Faithful High Priest and Atone for Sins

·         “Therefore, He had to be made like His brothers in every respect, so that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because He himself has suffered when tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.” (Hebrews 2:17-18)

28. To Be the Second and Greater Adam

·         “Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded for many.” (Romans 5:14-15)

29. To Satisfy Our Deepest Thirst

·         “Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’” (John 4:13-14)

30. To Be Loved by God’s Children

·         “Jesus said to them, ‘If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of My own accord, but He sent Me.’” (John 8:42)

31. To Reveal God’s Glory

·         “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)

·         “All things have been committed to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him." (Matt. 11:27)

32. To Give Life in Abundance

·         “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly…I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of My hand.” (John 10:10, 28)

33. To Taste Death for Everyone

·         “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honour because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.” (Hebrews 2:9)

34. To Proclaim Freedom

·         “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed…to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.” (Luke 4:18-19)

35. To Know Him Who Is True

·         “We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true—even in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.” (1 John 5:20)

36. To Demonstrate the Father’s Righteousness

·         “God put [Christ] forward…to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness…so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” (Romans 3:25-26)