Why did the spirit visit scrooge?

The first spirit was Jacob Marley. He had died seven years earlier. He was the only friend of Ebenezer Scrooge as well as his business partner. He stated he had forged a chain so heavy that he was to carry with him in the after life and further punishment for his failure to see mankind as his business and not just making money. He had been granted one visit to the living world to try and change Scrooges ways and help him avoid the same after life fate of eternal torment . In doing so he was to foretell of three further spirits who would show Scrooge the mistakes he'd made and allow him the opportunity to change