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The name of Jesus has circled the globe for more than 2,000 years. Because of his name, people have experienced great miracles as well as terrible persecution. Jesus was clear about his purpose on earth. His unfailing message of hope was seasoned with frank warning to those who sought to discredit Him. Little did they know that his crucifixion would be the fulfillment of the Son of Man’s mission.

In Scripture we read in Luke 19:10, “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.” And in Acts 16:31, we read, “believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.”

Because Jesus is our Savior, Scripture tells us that:

• we are forgiven (Acts 2:38)
• our guilt is gone (Romans 8:1)
• we have peace with God (Romans 5:1)
• God’s wrath is satisfied (1 John 2:2)
• we have been justified (Romans 5:1)
• Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us (Romans 4:24)
• we are “new creations” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
• we have eternal life (John 3:16)
• we have been adopted by God (John 1:12)
• the Holy Spirit lives in us (Romans 8:11)
• Jesus is our advocate (1 John 2:1)
• nothing can separate us from God’s love (Romans 8:38–39)
• death has no more sting (1 Corinthians 15:54)
• we have an inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade (1 Peter 1:4)

What an awesome list of promises from God’s Word—and this is only a partial list! Because Christ died for us, all of these are ours when we accept Him as Savior.

As we consider Christ’s death on the cross, I think it’s important to look at the three “tenses” of salvation. First, we have been saved. We have been justified or made righteous in God’s eyes. Second, we are being saved. We are in the process of being sanctified or made more like Christ through the Holy Spirit. And we will be saved. When Christ returns, we will be glorified or made like Him. We have an eternal inheritance.

Four other things are important to consider about Jesus as our Savior: He is a universal Savior. John 3:16 tells us that “whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” All who come to Him with repentant hearts, sorry for their sins, and believe that He is who He says He is, will receive His salvation.

Jesus Christ is an exclusive Savior. We read in Acts 4:12 that “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name in heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” Contrary to what contemporary culture tells us, there are not multiple paths to God. There is only one: Jesus Christ.

He is a comprehensive Savior. Romans 8:29-30 make it clear that our salvation, predestined from before the foundation of the world includes not only justification and forgiveness of sins but also God’s commitment to reform us into the very image of His Son and that one day, when that process is complete, we will be glorified.

And He is an all-powerful Savior. Nothing can separate us from God’s love. Christ’s work on the cross sealed our salvation forever. As Romans 8:38–39 tells us,

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Jesus is our Savior. Nothing can separate us from His great work on the cross, from His love. That truth, that promise is at the core of who we are as part of The Christian and Missionary Alliance

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