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Is Jesus your Savior?
Jesus is "the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him" (Hebrews 5:9). The word AUTHOR means, "that which causes something" W. E. Vine’s. Jesus is the cause of our salvation, "for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). Peter said, "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).
John called Jesus "the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). LAMB is an Old Testament idea taken from Isaiah the prophet: "He was oppressed and he was afflicted, Yet he did not open his mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth" (Isaiah 53:7). The apostle Peter records, "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" (I Peter 1:18-19). Jesus is the Lamb of God that was offered for the sins of the whole world (John 3:16).
An angel called Jesus by the name of SAVIOUR in (Luke 2:11), "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord". This name also is an Old Testament idea taken from the prophet Isaiah: "And it will become a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Champion, and He will deliver them" (Isaiah 19:20 NASB). Here we see the idea of the Saviour as being a deliverer, a preserver. Paul said, "Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus" (Acts 13:23).
Peter said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16). Jesus is the CHRIST or Messiah which means, "the anointed one" as used in (John 1:41) - "He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ." Notice Jesus’ reply to the women at the well: “The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he" (John 4:25-26). Jesus is the Christ, a deliverer and Saviour of His people.
We learn from the Salvation Names given Jesus that He is the Author of our salvation; the sacrificial Lamb of God for our sins; the Saviour or deliverer for all men; and He is the Christ, the anointed one of God who will save those that obey Him. Jesus is our salvation! Will you obey Him that you might be saved?
