Why Christ Came

Psalm 40:7-9 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
TO FULFILL THE WORD
Matthew 1:22-23 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
TO FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS
Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
TO GIVE LIFE
John 10:10 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.
SAVE THE LOST
Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
TO MINISTER AND DIE FOR ALL
Mark 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
HE CAME TO THE JEW BUT THEY REJECTED HIM
John 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
A LGHT FOR THE GENTILES
Luke 2:32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
TO RELEASE THE CAPTIVES (that were in Paradise)
Ephesians 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
TO TASTE DEATH FOR EVERYONE
Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
TO DESTROY DEATH AND THE DEVIL’S POWER
Hebrews 2:14-16 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
TO REVEAL GOD
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
TO REMOVE CONDEMNATION FROM ALL WHO WOULD BELIEVE
John 9:39 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.
HE CAME ONCE SO HE COULD AGAIN TO RULE THE EARTH
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
THAT HE COULD BRING BELIEVERS TO GOD
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Did He fulfill His purpose for coming?
YES, certainly He did His work in FULL.
Has His purpose been fulfilled in your life?

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