What
did Jesus come to do?
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To reveal the
Father (Matt.
11:27)
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"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."
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To be a ransom
for many (Matt.
20:28)
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"just as the
Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his
life as a ransom for many."
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To serve
(Matt.
20:28)
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"just as the
Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his
life as a ransom for many."
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To save the
world (John
3:17;
Luke 19:10)
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"For God did
not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save
the world through him."
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To preach the
good news of the kingdom of God (Luke
4:43)
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"But he said,
"I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other
towns also, because that is why I was sent."
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To bring
division (Luke
12:51)
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"Do you think
I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division."
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To do the will
of the Father (John
6:38)
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"For I have
come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him
who sent me."
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To give the
Father's words (John
17:8)
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"For I gave
them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with
certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me."
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To testify to
the truth (John
18:37)
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"You are a
king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I
am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came
into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of
truth listens to me."
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To die and
destroy Satan's power (Heb.
2:14)
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"Since the
children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so
that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death
-- that is, the devil."
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To destroy the
devil's works (1
John 3:8)
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"He who does
what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning
from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to
destroy the devil's work."
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To fulfill the
Law and the Prophets (Matt.
5:17)
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"Do not think
that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come
to abolish them but to fulfill them."
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To give life
(John
10:10,28)
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"The thief
comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may
have life, and have it to the full...I give them eternal life, and
they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand."
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To taste death
for everyone (Heb.
2:9)
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"But we see
Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with
glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of
God he might taste death for everyone."
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To become a high
priest (Heb.
2:17)
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"For this
reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order
that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service
to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the
people."
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To atone for sin
(Heb.
2:17)
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"For this
reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order
that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service
to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the
people."
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To proclaim
freedom for believers
(Luke
4:18)
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"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."
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To proclaim the
year of the Lord's favor
(Luke
4:19)
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"to proclaim
the year of the Lord's favor."
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To bring
judgment
(John
9:39)
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"Jesus said,
"For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will
see and those who see will become blind."
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To take away sin
(1 John
3:5)
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"But you know
that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is
no sin."
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To preach
(Mark
1:38)
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"Jesus
replied, 'Let us go somewhere else -- to the nearby villages -- so I
can preach there also. That is why I have come.'"
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To call sinners
(Mark
2:17)
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"On hearing
this, Jesus said to them, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor,
but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'"
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To know who is
true (1
John 5:20)
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"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."
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