Why Did Jesus Come?
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Why Did Jesus Come?

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Why did Jesus come to earth? In this Christmas message, Alistair Begg shares three reasons that the Bible provides for why Christ came. Because all people are stuck in our sinful nature with no way to save ourselves, Jesus was sent by God from heaven to be the Savior of the world. The birth of the Messiah is good news for all people because it points ultimately to the hope we can have because of His death and resurrection.


Jesus Begins His Ministry

14oAnd Jesus returned pin the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and qa report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15And rhe taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16sAnd he came to tNazareth, where he had been brought up. And uas was his custom, vhe went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up wto read. 17And xthe scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

18y“The Spirit of the Lord zis upon me,

because he has anointed me

to aproclaim good news to the poor.

bHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives

and crecovering of sight to the blind,

dto set at liberty those who are oppressed,

19eto proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

20And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and fsat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were gfixed on him. 21And he began to say to them, “Today hthis Scripture ihas been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22And all spoke well of him and marveled at jthe gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, k“Is not this lJoseph's son?” 23And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, m‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did nat Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” 24And he said, “Truly, I say to you, ono prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when pthe heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26and Elijah was sent to none of them qbut only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27And rthere were many lepers1 in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, sbut only Naaman the Syrian.” 28When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29And they rose up and tdrove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30But upassing through their midst, he went away.

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Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.