Why Did Jesus Come?

Submitted by Chris on Sat, 08/28/2010 - 14:59

There seems to be a lot of confusion about why Jesus came into this world. Here are some of the statements in Scripture, for your perusal:

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

—Jesus, Matthew 9:13

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

— Jesus, Mark 2:17

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: Whose fan [a winnowing fork] is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

— John the baptist, Luke 3:16,17

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

— Jesus, Luke 19:10

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

— Jesus, John 9:39

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

— Jesus, John 10:10

And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

— Jesus, John 12:47,48

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

— Jesus, John 18:37

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

— Paul, I Timothy 1:15