Why was Jesus born into the world?

I think if you were to ask a dozen people you may get a dozen different answers.  He came to save us, to give us eternal life, to set the captives free, etc.  However, what did Jesus say?  When Jesus was on trial before Pilate He told Pilate, "In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth."  John 18:37
Pilate asked the question, What is truth?  Little did he know that the One who said He was the truth was standing before him that night.  Truth is never relative.  Truth by definition must be absolute.  Jesus said that He was the truth.
What is truth?  That which reveals the character of God.  Who revealed God to us?  Jesus.
So we can be a people of hope.  Our hope is in the one who was born into a manager in Bethlehem.  The Christmas Carole says it well, "The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight."