22010.076.77 Jesus Came to Save!

“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him. The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.” —John 3:17-18

Sent by God on a mission to save, Jesus came not to judge, nor to condemn, nor to pass sentence, but to save. We are told the following in Scripture:

“She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” —Matthew 1:21

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” —Luke 19:10

“If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.” —John 12:47

“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.” —1 John 4:14

Jesus came to save! Jesus came to deliver us from the spiritual death which is common to all men because of Adam’s sin. He seeks to make us whole and to preserve us from danger, loss, and destruction. God’s own arm worked this salvation for us:

“By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.” —1 John 4:9-10

God’s purpose in sending Jesus into the world was to save the world through Him. He came peacefully in His first advent, not condemning, even though our hands were stained with sin. Jesus was sent to reconcile the world back to God! Jesus–the Savior for all who believe in Him.

“For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. (For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.) But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God’s wrath.” —Romans 5:6-9

Jesus died in our place. Those who believe in Him are declared righteous–saved from the wrath of God. Through the blood of Jesus Christ, reconciliation occurs between a holy God and sinful man!

“For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life? Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.” —Romans 5:10-11

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” —Romans 8:1-4

Take It to Heart

On the flip side of this verse we are warned of the terrible condition of those who choose to persist in unbelief willful ignorance–standing condemned already. How great the consequence of unbelief! Those who do not believe will one day be confronted with evidence regarding Jesus and all of His righteous acts done on their behalf.

“Your wise men will be put to shame.They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the Lord’s message, what wisdom do they really have?” —Jeremiah 8:9

“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life. ” —John 5:24

Further Reflections

“Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” —John 14:6

“No matter who or what we are, God restores us to right standing with Himself only by means of the death of Jesus Christ. God does this, not because Jesus pleads with Him to do so but because He died. It cannot be earned, just accepted. All the pleading for salvation which deliberately ignores the Cross of Christ is useless.” —Oswald Chambers

“He came into the world with salvation in His eye, with salvation in His hand … God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, and so saving it. This is good news to a convinced conscience, healing to broken bones and bleeding wounds, that Christ, our judge, came not to condemn, but to save.” —Matthew Henry

“Israel was totally incapable of helping herself. Only God could help her. This is true of salvation in any era. No one can save himself. Only God can forgive sin and change a person’s heart.” —Bible Knowledge Commentary

“The salvation that comes from God is not based on human logic, but on the sacrificial death of Jesus. We can be born again solely because of the atonement of our Lord. Sinful men and women can be changed into new creations, not through their repentance or their belief, but through the wonderful work of God in Christ Jesus which preceded all of our experience. The unconquerable safety of justification and sanctification is God Himself.” —Oswald Chambers

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