Would you agree with me that Jesus is a perfect Savior? Did Jesus accomplish what He set out to do? Starting with the eternal God and His Sovereign will and thinking about what the Bible says concerning redemption, I want to consider why Christ came and if He accomplished what he came to do. In this study, we are first focusing on the Godhead in redemption and what the Bible says about the atonement before we move to human responsibility. Salvation’s plan started before the foundation of the world.
Jesus said that the whole Old Testament pointed to and testified of Him; thousands of years of prophesy pointing to the Messiah, so why did He come? What was the aim, what was the goal? I don’t want to use conjecture here. I want to know, from the testimony of God’s Word, the stated purpose of why Jesus came to this Earth. Luke 19:10 “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Two reasons are mentioned here – He came to seek and he came to save. The angel told Joseph in Matthew 1:20-21 that Mary would have a son and “thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” The angel said that Jesus would be successful in His mission because he “shall” save His people. The text says that He came to seek, and He came to save. Did He accomplish that goal? Was Jesus successful?
We think often of man’s will in salvation, but not so much about God’s will. What was the Father’s will concerning the work of Christ Jesus? John 6:35-40 tells us that Jesus came to do the Father’s will and the Father had given Jesus a particular people to redeem, and, said He, Jesus would not lose one of those people. Jesus sought those the Father gave Him. The Father chose a people and the Son came to save them, and the Spirit regenerates them and draws them to Christ (Galatians 4:4-6). If Jesus died for all men, did He die for those to whom He would not send the Spirit? Is the Trinity divided? Was it the Father’s will to send His son to die for all, yet only send the Spirit to particular people? Did the Father choose a particular people, but then the Son die for all anyway? Of course not, in the Trinity there is one purpose, and plan in the eternal covenant of redemption.
Jesus is a perfect Saviour. With all confidence, I can say that all who come to Christ in repentant faith will find Jesus to be a perfect Savior and he will in no wise cast out those who do. I can say that Jesus never fails. Jesus heroically came to this Earth on a mission to save His people, and did exactly what He set out to do. Put your trust in a Savior that never fails.
Jesus, the Perfect Savior
