FOR THIS CAUSE HE CAME: 1.TO BE APPROVED OF GOD: Now to be approve by God, proved to be many-many missions. The following is just a small part of these missions,Oh yes if Jesus was to be approved of God,there was many missions that He needed to fulfill,as we will see as we go along. Acts 2:22 22.Ye men of Israel,hear these words,Jesus of Nazareth,A man approved of God amoung you by miracles and wonders and signs,which God did by Him in the midst of you as ye your- selves also know. Matthew 3:17 17.And lo a voice from heaven,saying,this is My Beloved Son.In whom I am well pleased The two aboved verses proves that Jesus was approved By God,And that God was well pleased with Him,And that His first mission was complete. 2.To seek and to save: Luke 19:10 10.For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Matthew 9:13 13.But go ye and learn what that meaneth, i will have mercy, and norsacrifice: for I am come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Matthew 11:28 28.Come unto Me ,all ye that labour and are heavy laden,and I will give you rest. John 10:28 28.And I give unto them eternal life;and they shall never perish,neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand. Hebrews 8:12 12.For I will be merciful to their unright- eous,and their sins and their iniqities will I remember no more. Yes Jesus proved that He has a great compassion for the human race throughout His earthly ministry. All His above missions He has shown to be fulfilled. He was approved of God: He did seek and save,teach and preach,and He was surely a man of compassion. Yes Jesus came to seek and to save them that was lost.In the above verses we find that Jesus not only forgives us our sins,but also that He remembers them no more.Yes He is our redeemer and our salvation, Thus His second mission was a success: 3.TO TEACH AND PREACH. Matthew 11:1 1.And it came to pass,when Jesus had made an end of commanding His twelve diciples, He departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Matthew 4:23 23.And Jesus went about all Galilee,teaching in their synagogues,and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sick- ness and all manner of disease amoung the people. Luke 9:6 6.And they departed and went through the towns, Preaching the gospel,and healing everywhere We find throughout the New Testament that Jesus did in fact teach and preach throughout His earthly ministry So we find that His third mission was fulfilled. 4.TO BE A MAN OF COMPASSION: Matthew 9:36 36.But when Jesus saw the multitudes,He was moved with compassion on them,because they fainted,and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd. Matthew 14:14 14.And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude,and was moved with compassion toward them,and healed their sick. Yes Jesus proved that He had a great compassion for the human race throughout His earthly ministry. All His above missions He has shown to be fulfilled. He was approved of God: He did seek and save: Teach and preach: And He was surely a man of compassion. 5.mission to fulfill prophecy: PROPHECY: Ezekiel 12:25 25.For I am the Lord: I will speak,and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass. FULFILLMENT: 11 Peter 1:21 21.For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: But by Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. PROPHECY: Isaiah 11:1 & 2 1.And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse.And a branch shall grow out of his roots. 2.And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, And the spirit of wisdom,And understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. FULFILLMENT: HIS COMING. Matthew 1:18 18.Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When His mother was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with Child of the Holy spirit. Luke 1:35 35.And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the most highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also that Holy thing that shall be born of thee shall be called The Son Of God. PROPHECY: Entry into Jerusalem. Zecharial 9:9 9.Rejoice greatly O daughter of zion; shout,O daughter of Jerusalem: behold thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation, lowly and riding upon an ass. And upon a colt the foal of an ass. FULFILLMENT: Entry into Jerusalem. Matthew 21:7 & 8 7.And brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set Him thereon. 8.And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branchs from the trees, and strowed them in the way. PROPHECY: Judas betrays Jesus. Psalm 41:9 9.yea,Mine own familair friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. FULFILLMENT: Judas betrays Jesus; Matthew 26:14 & 15 14.Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15.And said unto them, what will ye give me and I will deliver Him unto you? and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. PROPHECY; The suffering of Jesus. Isaiah 50:6 6.I gave my back to the smiters, and My cheeks to them that plucked out the hair: I hide not My face from shame and spitting. FULFILLMENT: The suffering of Jesus. Acts 8:32 32.The place in the scripture which He read was this. He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; He opened not His mouth. PROPHECY: Christ's hands and feet pierced; Psalm 22:16 16.For the dogs have compassed Me: The assembly of the wicked have enclosed Me: they pierced My hands and My feet. FULFILLMENT: Christ's hands and feet pierved John 20:27 27.Then said He to thomas,reach hither thy finger,and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless, but believing. PROPHECY: Jesus's death on the cross; Isaiah 53:8 8.He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare His generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the trans- gression of My people was He stricken. FULFILMENT: Jesus's death on the cross. Mark 15:15 15.And so Pilate willing to content the people releast Barabbas unto them,and delivered Jesus,when he had Him scourged Him to be crucified. PROPHECY: Casting lots for His vesture; Psalm 22:18 18.They parted My garments amoung them,and cast lots upon My vesture. FULFILLMENT; They cast lots upon My vesture. Mark 15:25 25.And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take PROPHECY: Jesus's Burial; Isaiah 53:9 And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death,because He had done no violence,neither was any deceit in his mouth. FULFILLMENT: Jesus's Burial. Matthew 26:11 & 12 11.For you have the poor always with you; But Me ye have not always. 12.For in that she hath poured this ointment on My body, she did it for my burial. PROPHECY: Christ's resurrection; Psalm 16:10 10.For thou wilt not leave My soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy one to see corruption. FULFILLMENT: Christ's resurrection; 1 Corinthians 15:4 4.And that He was buried,and that He rose again the third day according to the scripture: PROPHECY: Jesus's ascenson; Psalm 110:1 1.The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. FULFILLMENT: Jesus's Ascenson; Mark 16:19 19.So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, He was received up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God PROPHECY: Jesus's coming again: Job 19:25 25 .For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. FULFILLMENT: Jesus's coming again; Matthew 25:31 31.When the Son of man shall come in His glory,and all the Holy angels with Him,Then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory. John 14:3 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 Yes Jesus a man of a great number of missions and all the above verses proves that he was very successful in them all. as listed below: 38 OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: (man of many missions) 1.To be approved of God. 2.To seek and to save. 3.To teach and to preach. 4.To be a man of compassion. 5.To fulfill prophecy. Yes Jesus came to fulfill all the above mis- sions, and many-many more.But let us not forget that He knew all along, if He came all the heart aches and sorrows He would endure,But He came anyhow. With all the above missions fulfilled,and all the other missions that is not mentioned in this article all finished,He still had another mission. THE MISSION OF INVITATION: Matthew 11:28 28.Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden,and I will give you rest. Matthew 4:19 & 20. 19.And He said unto them,follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20.And they straightway left their nets, and followed Him.. Here an invitation is given,Here an invitation excepted. Matthew 19:22 22.But when the young man heard that say- ing, he went away sorrowfull: for he had great possessions. Here we find an invitation is given, And the invitation declined. Acts 26:28 28.Then Agrippa saith unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a christian. Almost thy persuadest me.What a shame so close, but yet so far away.Yes so close but still lost. Now it is true that we can be like the fishermen, and except the invitation and follow this Man from Galilee; or we can be like the young man and go away sorrowful, And yes like Agrippa: Almost persuaded, and be lost-lost. THE DECISION IS TRULY OURS: HEAVEN OR HELL HRM THE BIBLE SAYS SO: AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH: