When people speak about Christ coming to earth the first time, they usually talk about how he came.

But the great emphasis of Scripture is on why he came.

Today, we examine the purpose statements found throughout the gospel records. Each of them

help us to understand more about Jesus. Join Scott Pauli now as we open the Bible and gain

a fresh glimpse of the great marvels of the Lord Jesus Christ life

was that he who was the greatest, the highest, the best, made himself the lowest.

That's backwards from our thinking.

That is not the way this world operates.

And yet, that's why Jesus came.

I call your attention today to two scriptures,

parallel passages, one in Matthew and the other in Mark,

and they say the exact same thing.

Let me read the verses to you.

Mark chapter 20, excuse me, Matthew chapter 20 and verse number 28,

Jesus says, even as the son of man came not to be ministered unto,

but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And then listen to Mark chapter 10 and verse number 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.

Now there are two parts to both of these verses.

We'll come back to the second part in our next study

in giving his life a ransom for many.

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