READER! look with me at Luke’s Gospel, the 1St chapter and the 35th verse. There we read, “That Holy Thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”
And in the Gospel of Matthew, the 1St chapter and 21St verse, we read, “And thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins.” And again in the 2nd chapter of Luke, and the 10th verse, we get these words, “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a SAVIOUR, which is Christ the Lord.”
Have you ever thought why the SON OF GOD became a man, and why was given to Him the name of Jesus, which means SAVIOUR?
In Romans 3:23, it tells us, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Yes, and because all have sinned, we need a SAVIOUR, one able to save; and this Jesus “is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him” (Heb. 7:25).
What a beautiful title Saviour is! You see if we were not lost, we should not need a Saviour, but because we are all lost, “The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
What you want as a sinner to see is, that you are really lost, and in that condition cannot come into God’s presence but to be judged and cast into hell, to be there forever with the devil and his angels. And when we find out in God’s presence that we as sinners deserve death and judgment, then the word comes to us, “While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Christ bore the punishment from the hand of God that was due to us. Thus He saves all who receive Him as their Saviour.
Sinner, accept the SAVIOUR now as your SAVIOUR believe He died in your stead, and heaven will be your home, and God will be your Father, and He will lead yon all the way home.
This, dear sinner, is the reason why the Son of God became the Son of Man, that God might be glorified and that sinners might be saved.
“FOR THERE IS NONE OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN, WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED” (Acts. 4:12). M.A.