21 Quotes of Jesus Regarding His Purpose

Today I want to share with you “21 Quotes of Jesus Regarding His Purpose”. I pray that you have been encouraged by reading my previous posts regarding quotes of Jesus Christ by topic. I know I have been encouraged by this endeavor. In the turmoil of the past two years, the only and best way to cope is to stay focused on the Word of God.

Just because we follow Jesus Christ does not mean our lives will be a bed of roses. The Lord Himself told us clearly: “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33

I can not phantom not having the Lord to lean on. The sad truth is unfortunately the majority will have nothing to do with Jesus Christ. The result when you turn away from your creator is hopelessness which leads many to act out in varying ways. Many commit suicide.

Therefore, it’s my goal on this website to share the Words of Jesus Christ in various ways. Thereby bringing you His Words, so that you may grow in your relationship with Him. Likewise, if you do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ I pray that you will open your heart to Him.

Listed below are the 21 quotes I found in the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Jesus Came Too:

  • Be a light
    • “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.” – Jn 12:46
  • Be about My Father’s business
    • “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” – Lk 2:49 (Jesus as a child speaking to his parents in the temple)
  • Bear witness to the truth
    • “For this cause, I was born, and for this cause, I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” – Jn 18:37
  • Bring abundant life
    • “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.” – Jn 10:10
  • Bring Division
    • “Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division. For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” – Lk 12:49-53
  • Do the Fathers will
    • “I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.” – Jn 6:38
    • “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.” – Mk 14:36
  • Fulfill the Law
    • “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.” – Mat 5:17-18
  • Gather the Israelite children together
    • “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” – Mat 23:37-39
  • Call sinners, to repentance
    • “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” – Mk 2:17
  • Forgive sins
    • “But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”— He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” – Mk 2:10-11
  • Give life
    • “As the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so, the Son gives life to whom He will.” – Jn 5:21
  • Judgment
    • “For judgment, I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.” – Jn 9:39
  • Pay the penalty for our sin
    • “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.” – Mat 20:18-19
  • Preach the kingdom
    • “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also because for this purpose I have been sent.” – Lk 4:43
  • Serve and give His life
    • “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” – Mat 20:28
  • Resurrect Believers
    • “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” – Jn 6:40
  • Save the Lost
    • “The Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” – Lk 9:56
    • “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” – Lk 19:10
  • Save the world
    • “If anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.” – Jn 12:47
  • Suffer and be resurrected
    • “Thus, it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things… ” – Lk 24:46-49

6 Quotes of Jesus Declaring What He Did Not Come To Do

Listed below are six quotes I found where Jesus tells us what His purpose was not to do the first time He came to earth. I have left a space so you can print out the post and complete the “but to” part of the quote if you so desire.

#1 – “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to ….” – Mat 5:17

#2 – “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but ….” – Mk 2:17

#3 – “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but to ….” – Mat 10:34

#4 – “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to ….” – Mat 20:28

#5 – “The Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to ….” – Lk 9:56

#6 – “If anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to ….” – Jn 12:47

The Other Reason Jesus Came to Earth

“Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,” – Heb 2:14

“He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” – 1 Jn 3:8

Our Purpose in Life as Christians

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.”

Jesus Quoting Deuteronomy 6:5 in Matthew 22:37

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Jesus Quoting Leviticus 19:18 in Matthew 22:39

Our purpose in life as Christians is to know God and bring Him glory. If you will do that with your life, if you will get up every morning and say to yourself, “I want to know God, and I want to bring Him glory,” then you will find the happiness that has eluded you. You will find the satisfaction you have always wanted by having your priorities in order.”

Pastor Greg Laurie

I want to close this post with my pastor’s sermon from 4.24.22 where he speaks of our need to Pursue the Lord.

Pastor Charles Hinckley – Grace Fellowship – Radcliff KY

Until next time… by the way, I want to ask you:

Maranatha! Until next time, I am Passionately Loving Jesus, the Anchor of my Soul.

Maranatha! Until next time, I am Passionately Loving Jesus, the Anchor of my Soul.

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