Jesus Christ as Saviour

Jesus Christ is the Saviour

Jesus Christ is called Saviour

Titus 1:4 NKJV

To Titus, a true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

See also Lk 2:11; Tt 3:6; 2 Pe 1:1; 2 Pe 3:2; 2 Pe 3:18

Jesus Christ is the promised Saviour

Acts 13:23 NKJV

From this man’s seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior—Jesus—

See also Lk 1:69–75; Lk 2:28–30

Jesus Christ’s purpose is to save

Luke 19:10 NKJV

for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

See also Mt 1:21; 1 Ti 1:15

Jesus Christ’s qualities as Saviour

Jesus Christ is the unique Saviour

Acts 4:12 NKJV

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

See also Jn 6:68–69; Jn 10:9; Jn 14:6; Ac 10:42–43

Jesus Christ is the complete Saviour

Hebrews 7:25 NKJV

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

See also Jn 19:30; Php 3:21; Col 1:19–20; Heb 5:9; Heb 9:26–28; 1 Jn 1:9; Jud 24

Jesus Christ is the Saviour of the world

John 4:42 NKJV

Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

See also Lk 2:30–32; 1 Ti 2:5–6; 1 Ti 4:10; 1 Jn 4:14

Jesus Christ saves through his grace

Acts 15:11 NKJV

But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.”

See also Ro 3:24; Eph 5:23–27; Tt 3:4–5

Jesus Christ saves by his mighty acts

Jesus Christ saves by his death

1 Peter 1:18–19 NKJV

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

See also Mt 20:28; Lk 24:45–47; Jn 1:29; Jn 1:36; Jn 10:15; Jn 10:17–18; 1 Co 1:18; Re 7:10

Jesus Christ saves by his resurrection life

1 Peter 3:21 NKJV

There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

See also Ro 5:10; 2 Ti 1:10

Jesus Christ saves by his coming again

Philippians 3:20 NKJV

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

See also Tt 2:13; Heb 9:28; 1 Pe 1:5

Jesus Christ saves by defeating Satan

1 John 3:8 NKJV

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

See also Jn 13:31; Jn 16:11; Heb 2:14; Re 2:10–11

Jesus Christ saves from all forms of evil

Jesus Christ saves from physical danger

Mt 8:25–26; Ac 26:17; 2 Co 1:10; 2 Ti 4:18

Jesus Christ saves from the power of sin

1 John 1:7 NKJV

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

See also Ac 5:31; Ro 3:25–26; Ro 5:18–19; Ro 6:6–7; Ga 1:4; Re 1:5–6

Jesus Christ saves from the condemnation of law

Galatians 3:13 NKJV

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),

See also Ac 13:38–39; Ro 8:1–4; Ga 4:4–5; Eph 2:15

Jesus Christ saves from God’s wrath

1 Thessalonians 1:10 NKJV

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

See also Ro 5:9; 1 Th 5:9; Re 11:17–18

Jesus Christ saves from the power of death

2 Timothy 1:10 NKJV

but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

See also 1 Co 15:55–57; Heb 2:15; Re 20:6; Re 21:4

Jesus Christ saves from Satan’s power

Acts 26:18 NKJV

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

See also Lk 10:18–19; Lk 13:16; Col 1:13; 1 Jn 3:8

Jesus Christ saves to bring people to God

Jesus Christ saves for eternal life

John 6:40 NKJV

And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

See also Jn 3:14–16; Jn 3:36; Jn 5:24–25; Ro 6:23

Jesus Christ saves so that people may live for God

1 John 4:9 NKJV

In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

See also Ro 6:8–11; Ro 7:21–25; Ga 2:20; 2 Ti 1:9; Heb 9:14–15; 1 Pe 2:24; 1 Jn 3:5–6; 1 Jn 5:18

Jesus Christ’s salvation is received through faith

Acts 16:30–31 NKJV

And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

See also Ac 2:21; Ro 10:13; Joe 2:32; Ro 1:16; Ro 10:9; 2 Th 2:13; 2 Ti 3:15