Why Did Jesus

Come On Earth?
Luke 4:18-19
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He
anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of
sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are
oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of
the Lord.
Introduction

A. More than 2000 years ago, the God of

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob became flesh in
the person of Jesus Christ.

B. Jesus Christ became flesh for a certain

mission.
C. He came on earth for many reasons. But this
time, I would like to share Six Reasons why
Jesus came on earth based on Luke 4:18-19

D. But before that let me give you a short

background of our passage.
After His temptation in the wilderness
(actually, He was tempted by the devil for
40 days) Jesus returned to Galilee in the
power of the Spirit and went to Nazareth
where He had been brought up.
He had been away for quite some time
and on the Sabbath day He went to the
synagogue, as was His custom. He stood
up to read, and the scroll of the prophet
Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it,
He found the place where it is written :
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He
has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the
poor ; He has sent Me to heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to
set at liberty those who are oppressed; to
proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Isaiah 6:1-2
The first reason is...

I. To Preach the Gospel to the Poor Two

questions

A. What is gospel?
1. The word gospel literally means
“to bring or announce glad or good tidings.”

2. In Greek it is the word euaggelizo which

comes from the adverb eu, meaning well, well
done, or good and anggelos, meaning angel or
messenger.
 B. Who are the people?
1. The poor are not poor monetarily.

2. The poor are those who are meek, humble or more

accurately, poor in spirit. Matthew 5:3 Jesus said,
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven."
3. The poor are those who recognize their need for
God and these are poor or humble in spirit.

4.They see their sin and depravity and long for God
to make them whole.

5.Poor in this context is anyone who doesn't know

the riches of life in Christ.
The good news, is that Jesus came
specifically for those people who
recognize they need saving.
The second reason is...

II. To Heal the Brokenhearted

Who are the

brokenhearted?
Brokenhearted in Greek is translated as
"iaomai" which means to "cure, heal or make
whole."

In other words, Jesus is saying that he has

come to heal (cure, bind, bandage) those who
are brokenhearted (without hope).
So, Jesus' second reason for coming
to us is to take our broken lives, heal
them and make us whole.
The third reason is...

III. To Proclaim Liberty to the Captives

Jesus' third reason for coming to us was

to "proclaim liberty" or "release" the
captives.
The word "release" in Greek is
aphesis and has two meanings.

1. release from bandage or

imprisonment
2.forgiveness or pardon of sin
This is letting them go as if they
had never been committed -
remission of the penalty.
 Jesus' third reason for comimg
was to forgive us of our sins and
set us free from the penalty of
death. Romans 6:23
The fourth reason is...

IV. To Proclaim Sight for the Blind

Who are the Blind?

The Greek word for blind is "typhlos"
which comes from the root word
"typhoo" which means "to be proud,
lifted up with pride or to be high-
minded."
 The Old Testament translates this part
of the verse as "the opening of the eyes
to them that are bound."
So the fourth reason Jesus came to us,
was to open the eyes of those who are
held captive to sin but don't see it.
Jesus came on earth to open the eyes of
sinners, so they may see their sinful
estate and seek forgiveness and be
granted it because of Jesus' sacrifice.
The fifth reason is...

V. To Set at Liberty Those Who are Oppressed

Who are the Oppressed?

1. Those who were oppressed by the devil.
Luke 13:12-14
Acts 10:38
2. Those who were oppressed by taxation.
3. The orphans and the widows were oppressed.
The sixth reason is...

V. To Proclaim the Year of God’s Pleasure

What is the Year of God’s

Pleasure?
In the context of Isaiah 61:1-2, it seems to
refer to the Year of Jubilee that occured
every 50 years.

In that year all Hebrew slaves who may

have been enslaved due to debt were set
free.
Land that had been sold to another
reverted to its ancestral owner
Leviticus 25:8-13.
The acceptable year of the Lord or the Year of
God's pleasure is the year when we accept Jesus
as our Messiah and acknowledge the need for a
Savior and the acceptance that we are going to
serve Him, praise Him, worship Him, honor Him,
seek Him, and obey Him for the rest of our life.
Conclusion
A. The coming of Jesus on earth more than 2000
years ago was for our own good.

B. It brought hope for all of us.

C. Most importantly, he has set us free from the

bandage of sin.