Jesus Saves

Introduction Luke 5:32;

Luke 5:32 NKJV

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Gospel hymn: Jesus saves. I've heard a joyful sound Jesus saves; Jesus saves. I'll spread it all around that Jesus saves, Jesus saves, to the utmost, Jesus saves to the utmost, my God saves, he will lift you up, and He'll turn you around Hallelujah, Hallelujah Jesus saves.

Introduction

I can remember when I first learned about Jesus and the Gospel from a child into my adult life, and it was for me the words that resonated to my heart was that Jesus came to saves. He saves sinners from sins and transforms their lives, and one day he called me by name and saved my soul and transformed my life.

The word saved appears fifty-seven times in the New Testament. Yet, I dare say that there are good church members who have never heard the word saved spoken from the pulpit of their church, even though they have attended there for years. Saved means delivered and preserved. It describes what happens when God translates a sinner from the realm of the lost into the realm of the saved. To be saved encompasses all that God does for a person when that person trusts the Lord Jesus as Saviour.

Sermon Outlines on Christian Service 1. The Same Reasons

1 The same reasons

Why did God the Father send the Son?

A. To reveal the Father. Jesus came to reflect the glory of the Father. “Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him” (Matt. 11:27). “If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him” (John 14:7). Jesus Christ was the “express image,” the true reflection of the Father; seeing him, people could in effect see God.

B. To find the lost. “The son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost,” said Jesus (Luke 19:10). He came as a shepherd looking for lost sheep; mankind had gone astray and was lost in sin.

C. To give life. “I am come that they might have life” (John 10:10). It was life “more abundant” that he came to give.

D. To give light. “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness” (John 12:46). He came to dispel the darkness of ignorance, superstition, and sin.

The Lexham Bible Dictionary Mission

Mission

When it comes to the question of Jesus’ purposes and plans for humanity on behalf of God the Father, the New Testament concentrates on His role in salvation (Matt 1:21; Luke 1:77; Acts 4:12; 1 Thess 5:9; 1 Tim 1:15; Rev 7:10). This is not viewed as a saving away from the world and the reservation of a place in heaven. Primarily, it is deliverance from the penalty and power of sin in view of the wrath of God, the corruption of the human person and society, and the hostile hegemony of the worldly and cosmic powers. The mission of Jesus Christ is summed up in the simple words of the Lukan Son of Man who came to “seek and save the lost” on behalf of the gracious and powerful one God.