Why Did Jesus Come To Earth?
John wrote:
"The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's
work." (1 John 3:8)
Peter said: "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and
power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the
power of the devil" (Acts 10:38)
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Here are the reasons given in the Gospels why Jesus came to earth.
Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 4:23 Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all
kinds of disease among the people.
Matthew 5:17 Do
not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to
abolish but to fulfill.
Matthew 9:13 I
have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
Matthew 9:35 Jesus went through all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of
disease and every kind of sickness.
Matthew 10:7 Go
to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach, saying, The
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 10:34 Think
not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a
sword.
Matthew 11:27 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.
Matthew 11:29 Learn
from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your
souls.
Matthew 18:11 For
the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.
Matthew 20:28 The
Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom* for many.
Matthew 24:14 This
gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to
all the nations, and then the end will come.
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Mark 1:14 Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
and saying, The
time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in
the gospel.
Mark 1:38 Let
us go to the nearby villages so I can preach there also. That is what I have
come to do.
Mark 2:17 It is
not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the
righteous, but sinners."
Mark 10:45 For
even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his
life as a ransom* for many.
Mark 16:15 Jesus told them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
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Luke 4:18 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 favor.
Luke 4:43, 44 I
must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this
purpose I have been sent. And He was preaching in the synagogues of
Galilee.
Luke 5:32 I
have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 9:2 He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to perform healing.
Luke 9:11 The crowds followed Jesus; and welcoming them, He spoke to them about
the kingdom of God and curing those who had need of healing.
Luke 9:56 For
the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them.
Luke 9:60 But
as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.
Luke 12:49-51 I
have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!
Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Luke 19:10 For
the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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John 3:17 God
did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world
might be saved through Him.
John 6:38-40 I
have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent
me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that
he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is
that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life,
and I will raise them up at the last day.
John 6:51 I am
the living bread that came down out of 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 9:39 For
judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who
see will become blind.
John 10:10 I came
that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
Jesus 12:31 "Now the prince of this world
will be driven out."
John 12:46 I
have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not
remain in darkness.
Jesus 16:11:
"The prince of this world now stands condemned."
John 18:37 Pilate said to Jesus, You are a king? Jesus answered, You say correctly
that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the
world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.
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* To many Christians, the word "ransom" sounds like sacrificial
language, for we sometimes speak of Jesus as the ransom for our sins. But it
almost certainly does not have this meaning in the two places that it is used
in the Gospels. The Greek word translated as "ransom" (lutron) is used in the Bible not in the context of payment
for sin, but to refer to payment made to liberate captives (often from
captivity in war) or slaves (often from debt slavery). A lutron
is a means of liberation from bondage.