1. He came as the Anointed One, to heal broken hearts, set captives free, give spiritual sight, and release the shattered. (Lk 4:18-19; Isa 61:1-2; 42:6-7; Matt 11:4-5; Lk 7:22; Acts 26:18)
He came to give rest in the souls of the weary. (Matt 11:28-30)
He came to seek and save the lost. (Matt 18:11; Lk 19:10)
He came to serve and give His life as a ransom for many. (Matt 20:28; Mk 10:45)
He came to release people out from under the authority of Satan. (Acts 26:18)
He came to set sinners free from the lordship and dominance of sin. (Rom 6:2,14,18,22; Jn 8:32,36; 1Jn 3:6,9; 5:18)
He came that those who are dead in sin may have abundant life now. (Jn 10:10; 1Tim 4:8; Eph 2:1,5; Col 2:13; Rom 6:2-4)
He came to destroy the devil and the works of the devil. (Heb 2:14; 1Jn 3:8)
He came to release those who fear death. (Heb 2:15)
He came to destroy death. (Heb 2:14)
He came as the Passover Lamb to take away the sin of the world, to die as the sin sacrifice and to be the propitiation. (Jn 1:29; 2Cor 5:21; Isa 53:5; Rom 3:25; Heb 2:17; 1Jn 2:2; 4:10)
He came to redeem sinners. (Gal 3:13; 4:5; Rom 3:24; Eph 1:7; Col 14; Heb 9:12; 1Pet 1:18; Rev 5:9)
He came to reconcile sinners. (Rom 5:10; 2Cor 5:18; Col 1:21; Eph 2:16; Col 1:20)
He came to justify sinners. (Rom 3:24; 4:25; 5:1,9,16,18; 8:30; Gal 2:16; 3:24; Tit 3:7)
He came to obey and please the Father. (Jn 4:34; 5:30; 6:38; 8:28; Matt 26:39; Mk 14:36; Lk 22:42)
He became sin so that sinners would become the righteousness of God. (2Cor 5:21)
He came to give eternal and abundant life. (Jn 3:16,36; 5:24; 6:27,40,47; 10:28; 17:2-3; 20:31; Rom 6:22,23; 1Tim 1:16; 1Pet 5:10; 1Jn 5:11,13)
He came to adopt sinners into God’s family. (Jn 1:12,13; Rom 8:15; Gal 4:5; Eph 1:5)
As Immanuel, He came to be “God with us.” (Matt 1:23; Isa 7:14; Jn 1:14)
He came as God’s grace to teach us righteous living. (Tit 2:11-12)
He came, died, rose again, and ascended into heaven to give God’s children the Holy Spirit. (Jn 7:38-39; 14:17,26; 15:26; 16:7; Acts 2:33; Ezek 37:14)
He came as the High Priest to sympathize with the weaknesses of sinners. (Heb 4:15)
He came to provide a spiritual inheritance. (Eph 1:11,14,18; Col 1:12; 3:24; Acts 20:32; 26:18; Heb 9:15; 1Pet 1:4)
He came to fulfill prophecy. (Lk 4:21; 24:27,44; Acts 2:22-24; 3:18; 28:23; 1Cor 15:3-5; Matt 5:17-18; 1Pet 1:10-11; Matt 16:21; 17:22-23; 20:18-19; Mk 8:31; 9:31; 10:33-34; Lk 9:22,44-45; 18:22-23; Jn 12:32-33; 18:30-32; Acts 17:3; 26:23)
