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- He came to this earth in the spirit of love and humility with the mission to pay the debt of humanity’s sin. He was sent so that all would have the chance at eternal life (see John 3:16). Jesus served by healing, helping when He was called upon, feeding those who were hungry, casting out evil spirits, and meeting people’s needs.
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- To Do the Will of the 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. “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.’”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- To Be Made Like His People. “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.
Oct 24, 2024 · Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ministered to the weakest, most marginalized members of society (Matthew 8:2–3; 9:32–33; 20:29–34; Luke 6:17–19; John 6:1–14). Jesus came to pour out His life in service; consequently, we ought to give our lives in service to Him and others.
- Giving His Life
- Healing The Sick
- Forgiving Our Sins
- Giving Hope to The Hopeless
- Feeding The Poor
- Conclusion
The first and foremost purpose for which Jesus came to earth and took upon Himself the flesh of man, was to give His life so that those who repent and believe might be saved. Why did Jesus come? He says “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). Jesus spoke about those who He says wh...
Everywhere Jesus went, He was constantly healing the sick, making the blind to see, and making the lame to walk. That was part of His purpose too as Isaiah the Prophet wrote that“the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy”(Isaiah 35:5-6...
The Apostle Paul writes to the church at Colossae that Jesus Christ “has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins” (Col 1:13-14). That’s no small task because people love their sins, they don’t want to humble themselves and turn to Christ becau...
Jesus said that “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10) and not that they would be without hope for as Paul writes, “whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Rom 15:4) and what was written before for o...
The poor were very much a focus of Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry and He expects us to care for them too (Matt 25:35) in feeding them, clothing them, visiting them, and making plain the only way to be saved (Acts 4:12). Jesus, in His sermon of the Beatitudes, said “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those ...
If you want to know what Jesus did while on earth, I strongly suggest you read the Gospel of John and Matthew chapter 25 because Jesus came to give us life and to die for our sins but also to feed the poor, heal the sick, give hope to the hopeless, and to forgive our sins. If we hope to be like Christ we should be doing what Christ did, for there i...
- Romans 3:25-26. 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 . . .
- Romans 15:8-9. Christ has become a servant to the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm the promises given to the fathers, and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy.
- Matthew 5:17. Jesus said, "I did not come to abolish but to fulfill."
- John 12:27. Jesus said, "For this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Your name. "
Sep 22, 2022 · Luke 9:46, Luke 22:24, and Matthew 18:1 all describe similar conversations. In this context of jealousy and ambition, Jesus called his disciples together and told them that “even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45, NLT).
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Dec 24, 1995 · This is why Jesus says what he says in verse 45. "The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve." What a horrendous mistake it would be if we heard Jesus' call to be the servant of all in verse 44 as a call to serve him.
