Why Did Jesus Come to Earth?

There are perhaps many reasons why Jesus came to the earth.  It could be said that He fulfilled all Scripture, all prophesies; or He completed God's plan for man, a plan made before the Creation of the world.  I would suggest that the teaching shows that Jesus' coming was for one main purpose:

Jesus came into the world to save man from his sins.  We all know the verse in John 3:16-17, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."

Luke 19:10 puts it this way:  "...the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."  People then, and people now, are lost without Jesus.  Sin causes man to be separated from God and being a follower of Jesus is the only solution. 

We might ask where sin came from in the first place.  We see the answer in many places, one being Romans 5:12, where it is putting the initial blame on Adam, the first man.  "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin...."  But the solution is given in this passage as well, in verse 17:  "For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ."  Sin began with Adam, but is solved by the coming of Jesus Christ, who died for us, giving us His grace which cleanses us of our sins....if only we follow Him.

Romans 3:23 says, "...all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."

And Paul said to Timothy in 1 Timothy 1:15, "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief."

Thanks for reading.  Feel the love.