The Prophet speaking the words of Jesus beforehand said: "Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart".

(Psalm 40:7,8; Hebrews 10:7-10) Thus we see that he had come to do God's will.

The apostle Paul expressed the will of God concerning mankind when he said: "God ...

will have all men to be saved [from death], and brought to an accurate knowledge of the truth".

(1 Timothy 2:3,4) This is in harmony with God's promise that he would redeem mankind from death (Hosea 13:14); and since Jesus came to carry out the Father's will to ransom the human race, he must do this.