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He Shall Save His People From Their Sins (Mat 1:21)
- “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” (Mat 1:21)
- The entirety of the gospel is summed up in the words of Mat 1:21.
- The Son of God was given the name of JESUS because of the work of salvation that He would accomplish for His people.
- If your Jesus didn’t do the following, then don’t call him Jesus.
- “He shall save His people from their sins” (Mat 1:21)
- This verse tells us that Jesus is the one doing the saving.
- Jesus purged our sins by Himself (Heb 1:3).
- His own self bore our sins in His own body to the cross, and it is by His stripes we are healed (1Pe 2:24).
- By His own blood He entered in once in the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us (Heb 9:12).
- By one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified (Heb 10:14).
- His arm brought salvation (Isa 59:16; Isa 63:5).
- Salvation is of the LORD (Psa 3:8; Psa 37:39; Jonah 2:9).
- What the verse doesn’t say.
- It doesn’t say that He and His people shall save His people from their sins, as if He needed help from them.
- It doesn’t say that He and His preachers shall save His people from their sins, as if He needed help from them.
- It doesn’t say that He and the gospel shall save His people from their sins, as if He needed help from it.
- It doesn’t say that He and His prayer warriors shall save His people from their sins, as if He needed help from them.
- It was by Jesus Christ’s obedience alone that His people were made righteous (Rom 5:19).
- The world teaches that it’s by the obedience of at least two or three that sinners are saved (the sinner’s obedience, the preacher’s obedience, etc.).
- It’s not the obedience of two or three, but the obedience of one (Jesus Christ)!
III. “He shall save His people from their sins” (Mat 1:21)
- It was said that Jesus shall save His people.
- It doesn’t say that He would try to save His people.
- It doesn’t say that He might save His people.
- It doesn’t say that He shall offer to save His people.
- It doesn’t say that He shall make salvation possible for His people.
- This statement is a guarantee that Jesus would save every single one of His people.
- Jesus did indeed save His people (2Ti 1:9; Tit 3:5).
- He obtained eternal redemption for us (Heb 9:12).
- He perfected forever them that are sanctified (Heb 10:14).
- He delivered us from the power of darkness (Col 1:13).
- Jesus made us accepted with God (Eph 1:6).
- Jesus made us the righteousness of God (2Co 5:21).
- Jesus justified us by His grace (Rom 3:24).
- Jesus justified us by His blood and saved us from wrath (Rom 5:9).
- Jesus made peace through the blood of His cross between God and His people (Col 1:20).
- Jesus completed the work of saving His people when He died on the cross (Joh 17:4 Joh 19:30).
- If Jesus failed to save even one of His people, He is not to be believed (Joh 10:37).
- If Jesus failed to save even one of His people, the words of Mat 1:21 are a lie which means that God is a liar.
- “He shall save His people from their sins” (Mat 1:21)
- It was said that Jesus shall save His people.
- It doesn’t say that He shall save all people.
- It doesn’t say that He shall save willing people.
- It doesn’t say that He shall save believing people.
- It doesn’t say that He shall save good people.
- It doesn’t say that He shall save the entire human race.
- It doesn’t say that He shall save those who will accept Him.
- It doesn’t say that He shall save those who meet the conditions to be saved.
- His people are all those whom the Father gave Him to save (Joh 6:37-39; Joh 17:2-4).
- They are those whom God chose before the foundation of the world (Eph 1:4-5; 1Pe 1:2).
- They are His bride, His church (Eph 5:25-27).
- They are His sheep to whom He gave eternal life which can never be lost (Joh 10:28-29).
- They were chosen according to God’s sovereign will, not according to anything that they did (Rom 9:11-26).
- All of them whom God foreknew, elected, and predestinated will be justified and glorified (Rom 8:29-30).
- “He shall save His people from their sins” (Mat 1:21)
- Lastly, Mat 1:21 declares what Jesus saved His people from: their sins.
- The wages our sin was death (Rom 6:23).
- Sin had separated us from our God (Isa 59:2).
- Jesus was sent into the world to condemn sin in His flesh, which He did (Rom 8:3).
- He did this by living a sinless life in order to be made sin for us (2Co 5:21).
- Jesus died for our sins and became the propitiation (1Jo 2:2) and atonement for them (Rom 5:10-11).
- Propitiation – 1. The action or an act of propitiating; appeasement, conciliation; atonement, expiation.
- Atonement – 1. The condition of being at one with others; unity of feeling, harmony, concord, agreement. spec. in Theol. Reconciliation or restoration of friendly relations between God and sinners.
- By His death on the cross, Jesus by Himself purged our sins (Heb 1:3).
- Jesus gave Himself for His people to redeem them from all of their iniquities (Tit 2:14).
- His righteous blood washed us from our sins and accomplished our redemption (Rev 1:5; Col 1:14; Col 2:13; Eph 1:7).
- God’s people now have peace with Him through the shed blood of Jesus Christ who saved His people from their sins (Col 1:20-22).
- There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus (Rom 8:1).
Hallelujah!