And I want you to see and see
clearly the preeminence of our Lord Jesus Christ in all things. It is, I repeat again, the purpose
of the triune God that Jesus Christ, His Son, be preeminent
in all things. This is plainly what the Holy
Spirit declares in Colossians 1 verse 18. And he is the head
of the body of the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn
from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence. Now you will recall that last
Sunday morning I tried to show you that Christ is preeminent
in salvation. I just kind of scratched the
surface a little. This morning I want us to look
together at Matthew chapter 1 and verse 21. And I want you to see
that the Lord Jesus Christ is preeminent as the Savior of his
people. Clearly, it is in this matter
of salvation that the glory and preeminence of our Lord Jesus
Christ is most fully displayed. He who is God's salvation whose
glory is great in salvation, is preeminent as the Savior of
his people. Hold your hands in Matthew chapter
1 and turn back to the first chapter of Luke, if you will.
We'll look at Matthew 1 in just a moment. It is this great glory
and preeminence of Christ as the savior of his people which
the angel Gabriel announced to Mary before the Lord Jesus was
conceived in her womb. In verse 26 we read, and in the
sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city
of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin, a virgin. espoused to a man, but a virgin. She had never known a man. She
was a virgin, one who had never been defiled by a man's corrupt
touch, but a virgin, whose name was Joseph. This is the one to
whom she was espoused, of the house of David. And the virgin's
name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her,
and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with
thee. Blessed art thou among women.
And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast
in her mind what matter of salutation this should be. And the angel
said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with
God, and behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a
son. Now listen to what he says. Here's
what he declares concerning this son. She'll bring forth a son. The child born is her child,
but the son she brings forth is her Lord and her God, God's
own son, who has no beginning and no end. And thou shalt call
his name Jesus. And look at this. He shall be
great. This one who is called Jesus,
he shall be great. And shall be called the son of
the highest. And the Lord God shall give to
him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over
the house of Jacob forever. And of his kingdom there shall
be no end. Simeon spoke of the greatness
of this child as he held him up and declares that this is
God's salvation. Now, look in Matthew 1. Matthew
chapter 1, verse 18. Our text will be verse 21, but
let's read the context. Now the birth of Jesus Christ
was on this wise. That is, this is how it came
to pass. When his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before
they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Now someone may ask, well why are you stressing this fact that
our Lord Jesus was born of the Virgin? Why do you stress, why
do you insist on this matter of the virgin birth of Christ?
Because if he is born like you and me, if he had an earthly
father, he's not God, he's a corrupt man, he's a sinner, and he's
no savior, and we're yet in our sins. If Jesus Christ is not
indeed the incarnate God, the virgin-born Son of God, he is
as useless as you, and as useless as me. And this book is as useless
as Aesop's fables and is no more the word of God than the fictions
written by men today. Jesus Christ is that one who
is conceived in the womb of the Virgin by the overshadowing power
of God the Holy Spirit and brought forth into the world as woman's
seed, not Adam's seed. All right, read on. Then Joseph, her husband, being
a just man and not willing to make her a public example, that
is, he could have had her stoned, he could have put her away because
if she were A woman defiled who had pretended to be a chaste
woman, and she is now found with child by law. She could be stoned
and put away, and Joseph had nothing to do with it, but that's
harsh. The law gives you the right,
but it doesn't mean it's right. The law says you can do it, but
that doesn't mean it's the best thing to do. Joseph was a kind,
thoughtful, caring, generous, magnanimous spirit. And he thought
that he'd just put her away privately, not make a big deal about this
thing because here's this woman that I've chosen for my wife
and I thought she was a chaste virgin and here she is pregnant.
Can you imagine how heart sick he was? How heavy his heart was? He thought, well, best thing
we do is just put this thing away quickly, quietly, with as
little fanfare and little notice as I can. But while he thought
on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to
him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to
take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in
her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son,
and thou shalt call his name Jesus. The angel already told
Mary this, now he's telling Joseph. For he shall save his people
from their sin. Now all this was done, that it
might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by the prophet,
saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring
forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which being
interpreted as God with us. And Joseph being raised up from
his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and
took unto him his wife, and knew her not, till she had brought
forth her firstborn son. And he called his name Jesus. And let's look at this 21st verse.
She shall bring forth the Son, and thou shalt call his name
Jesus. Now here's the reason. For he
shall save his people from their sins. Call him Jesus. For he shall save his people
from their sins. Now looking at this text, I want
to raise four questions, four questions that are answered either
directly or by implication in the statement given here in Matthew
chapter 1 and verse 21. Number one, why did the Lord
Jesus Christ come into this world? When I consider the fact of our
Lord's incarnation, my mind is lost in wonder. Does it not astound
you? Are you not amazed by the fact
that the Son of God would condescend to become the Son of Man? That
He who created all things would become the woman seed? That He
who is God over all and blessed forever would take upon Himself
the form of a servant? A form of a servant to be despised
and rejected of men? A man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief? that he would do so, so that
in the fullness of time he might die the painful, shameful, ignominious
death of the cross under the wrath of God, the just for the
unjust, that he might bring us to God. No wonder the Apostle
Paul says, thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. No
wonder he speaks of the Lord Jesus and says, you know the
grace of our Lord Jesus. What grace is here seen? That though he was rich, rich
the eternal God, God the eternal Son, possessing all the glory
of heaven, rich, yet for your sakes, he became poor. Made to be poor. So poor that
the wrath of God is poured out on him. when he's made to be
sad. For your sakes he became poor
that you through his poverty might be made rich. Without controversy
then, great is the mystery of godliness. God was manifest in
the flesh. Well who is this man and why
did he come into this world? The first thing is this, why
did he come? Our text tells us that our Lord
Jesus came into this world specifically for this purpose, that he might
save his people from their sins. Now this is the Father's will
which He came here to perform. You remember in Psalm 40, the
psalmist speaks of our Lord Jesus and we know that it's him speaking
because in Hebrews 10 the apostle tells us so. And he says, Lo,
I come in the volume of the book that is written of me. I delight
to do thy will, O my God. Jesus Christ came down here to
do the will of God. He said this is the Father's
will which has sent me. that of all which he hath given
me I should lose nothing but raise it up at the last day.
He says this is the will by which we are sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. The Lord
Jesus came down here as a man in humanity, in human flesh,
bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh to do the will of God
as a representative man. Alright, second. Our Lord Jesus
came here to save His people from their sins in this sense.
He came here because this is the stipulation of the covenant
He came to fulfill. Hold your hands here and turn
to Isaiah 49, will you? Isaiah 49. Salvation with us is unconditional. Salvation for us is absolutely
without a cause. Salvation comes to us without
us meeting any conditions. You who are here without Christ,
listen to me. God help you to hear me now.
There is absolutely no condition you must meet before you can
trust Him. But preacher, don't I have to
feel a certain way? Oh no, that works. But preacher, don't I
have to come to a certain... No, that works. Christ Jesus
says to sinners, come to me. Now you come to him and he's
yours. The Lord God says, look unto me, and be ye saved. All
the ends of the earth, I'm God, and beside me there's none else.
That means you look to Him and you're saved. Just as those Israelites
bitten of the fiery serpents looked to that brazen serpent
lifted up on the pole. They were healed immediately
looking to Him. Look to Christ and you live forever.
But for Christ, our Savior, salvation involved enormous indescribable,
infinite cost. If He would save us, He must
meet the stipulation of the covenant, which is to do His Father's will.
Look here in Isaiah 49 verse 8, Thus saith the Lord, In an
acceptable time have I heard thee. In the day of salvation
have I helped thee. And I will preserve thee and
give thee. Now he's not talking about you
and me. He's talking to his servant. He's talking to the Lord Jesus
Christ. I will give thee now for a covenant of the people
to establish the earth and to cause to inherit the desolate
heritages. And so the Lord Jesus says, lo,
I come. The Lord Jesus came here to save his people from their
sins, establishing righteousness in the earth and judgment in
the earth, bringing his people into their heritage by God's
grace. Turn to John 10. This is the mission of which
he came. The Father's will he came to do. The stipulation of
the covenant he came to fulfill. And this is the Father's commandment
given him. He came here to obey. Now anytime
you read the scriptures and read about the Lord Jesus Christ being
obedient, being servant to, being in any way constrained in servitude
before God the Father. Anytime you read about any indication
of him seeming to be somehow less than God Almighty, understand
the scripture speaks of him as the God-man mediator and speaks
of him as the voluntary servant of Jehovah. When our Lord Jesus
is given a command, and when he is given possession, and he's
given a reward, and he's given an inheritance, and he's given
a throne, it's not as God, he possesses everything as God.
But it is as a result of him meeting and fulfilling the stipulations
of the covenant as our mediator, as Jehovah's servant. Now, he
came here to save his people because the Father commanded
him to do it. When he said, I'll be your servant.
When he said, here, take my ear and open it, Isaiah 50. When
he said, I'll give my back to the smithers. When he became
Jehovah's servant by his own voluntary will, the Father gave
him a commandment. A commandment he must fulfill.
Look here in John 10, verse 16. Other sheep I have, not shall
have, already have them. He's talking about you and me.
He's talking about God's elect. They're all my sheep, he says.
Which are not of this folk. Not of this Jewish folk. Them
also, look at it now. I must, isn't that a good word? Them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice. My sheep hear my voice. I know
them. They follow me, I give to them
eternal life, they shall hear my voice. No question about that.
But what if? They'll hear it. But they'll
hear it. They'll hear it! But they'll
hear it! He who rules the world and all
things in it, heaven, earth, and hell will turn the world
inside out and make his sheep hear his voice. But hear it they
will. They shall hear my voice. And
there shall be one fold and one shepherd. Therefore, look at
it now, therefore doth my father love me. Wait a minute. Wait
a minute, you mean the father didn't love him before? Of course
he did. But not as a mediator. Not as a man. He loved him as
a man, Bobby, because of what he agreed to in eternity and
came here to do as our mediator. That's the reason he loves you,
as a man. Same reason. Therefore doth my Father love
me, because I lay down my life that I might take it again. No
man takes it from me. I lay it down of myself. I have
power to lay it down and I have power to take it again. This
commandment have I received of my Father. Our Lord Jesus is
called Jesus because He came here to save His people from
their sins. Number two, who is he? Who is this man whose name is
called Jesus? Now you might say, Brother Don,
that's a silly question. Everybody knows who Jesus is. Well, you're mistaken. The fact
is most folks don't have any idea who he is. We live in the
most religious world, the most religious society, more religious
people than ever been in the world at any single time. Live
right now. Right now. Everybody in this
town, everybody in this state, everybody in this nation of ours
has been some way, sometime or another, affected by religion.
Most everybody has been saved two or three times. But nobody
knows who he is. Nobody knows who he is. The fact
is the Christ who is worshipped in the average church, and I'm
talking about the average good church. That's a very relative use of
the word good. The average good church, conservative,
orthodox, fundamentalist, Baptist church. The Christ that is worshipped
in most churches in this nation. Churches across the road, down
the road, uptown, downtown, everywhere. No more resembles the Christ
of Scripture than a gnat resembles an angel. The Christ that most
folks think is their Savior is nothing but an idolatrous figment
of their imagination. And He has no more ability, or
power, or virtue to save a sinner than I have or you have. And
worshiping Him, they are yet lost in their sins. Now you listen
to me. Listen to me. God help you to
hear me. Bob Duff, if you would be saved, if I would be saved,
if our sons and daughters would be saved, accepted of God, we
must know the Christ of God. Not a false Christ. To trust
a false Christ, you may as well trust your toe, or your dog,
or anything else. It's exactly right. So preacher,
you mean everybody in these churches where folks worship a Jesus who
tries to save but can't? A Jesus who sort of made a crack
shoot with his blood and hoped maybe somebody would pretty please
let him wash away their sin, but after all, there are great
multitudes for whom he died in vain and he will spend eternity
Weeping because there are multitudes in hell for whom He died. You
mean all those folks are lost? Either that or you are. We're talking about two different
gods. We're not talking about a different position in doctrine.
We're not talking about a different religion, different church, different
denomination. We're talking about two different gods. A false Christ
and a true. Our Lord Jesus said this is life
eternal. That they might know Thee The
only true God. That means, Bill Rodden, nobody
has eternal life who doesn't know the true God. And Jesus
Christ, whom the true God has sent. That's life eternal. We
must know Him. That makes this question very
relative and very important. Who is this man who is called
Jesus? This one who is the Christ of
God. Number one. He is God. He is God. God incarnate. God in human flesh. God in our
nature. Call His name Immanuel, skip,
God with us. God come to save. God, one of
us. In Him dwells all the fullness
of the Godhead in a body. He's God Almighty. We who believe
are the sons of God by adoption and by grace and by predestination. He's the son of God by eternal
generation. Never was a time when he became
the son of God, he always is. Never was a time when God became
his father and he became God's son. He is ever the eternal son
of the eternal father. One with the father, one with
the spirit, equal with the father and the spirit from eternity,
possessing all things equal with God. He's God. God was manifest
in the flesh. This is that one of whom the
apostle speaks and says, he is God over all, blessed forever. That's who he is. All the attributes
of divinity belong to Him. He is that One who created all
things, without whom was not anything made that was made.
He is that One who is the Word of God, the ever-living, everlasting,
immutable Word of God. The Word, then, was made flesh
and dropped among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as
of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. He's
God. That's what he claimed to be.
That's what his disciple said he was. And that's who he was
made, who he made himself known to be. In John 10, the Lord Jesus
said to those Jews, those Pharisees, he talked, he said, good shepherd
gives his life for the sheep. He said, I laid down my life
for the sheep. He said, this commandment I received from my
father. He says, I give them eternal life. They'll never perish.
No man can pluck them out of my hand. My Father which gathered
me is greater than all. No man can pluck them out of
my Father's hand. And then he said, I and my Father are one.
And you know what they did? They understood him. Theologians might not understand
him. Folks in the seminary might not understand him. Folks who
write notes in your Bible might not understand him. Those Jews
understood him. They gathered up a fistful of rocks. And he
said, why are you fixing the stone on me? What work have I
done? What evil thing have I done?
They said, we're not going to kill you because you've done
something evil, but because you, being a man, make yourself God. That's what he said. They understood
him. Either he's God or he's nothing. Either he's God or he's an imposter. Either he's God or he can do
nothing for you. Either he is God Almighty in
the totality of his being, in the fullness of his being, as
fully God as though he were not a man, as fully man as though
he were not God, or he's meaningless. He's meaningless. Our Lord Jesus
Christ He is himself God. Let men argue and debate and
fuss and ridicule as they will. Well, that's impossible. That can't be. You can't believe
anything like that. Making a sense is not reasonable.
It's not logical. It's biblical. He's God. He's God. Oh yes, blessed be
his name, that man who came here, was born at Bethlehem 2,000 years
ago and died at Calvary, who rose again as our representative,
is himself God over all, blessed forever. God in human flesh. Secondly, who is he? This man
called Jesus. This man who is God in human
flesh. is our substitute. Substitute. Boy, that's a difficult concept
to understand, isn't it? Oh, now preacher, you're getting
in deep things here. Shoot. That's the kind of language
folks use when they don't want to bow to the Word of God. Deep
stuff. What's deep about substitution?
If I go over there and sit down where the Lord is sitting, I'm
sitting in her place, that means you can't sit there too. That's
substitution. It's taking somebody's place.
The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, took the place of His
people before God's holy law. in the covenant of grace before
the world began. He took our place as the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world so that God Almighty
looked on Him from eternity as the Lamb slain in our stead. He came here in this world in
human flesh. He took our place. took our place
before the law of God as a man, a representative man, the second
man, the last man, the Lord from heaven, the second covenant man,
that man who's a substitute, he came here to live for somebody.
He came here to live in somebody's place. To do something for us
we could not do for ourselves. To do something we could not
possibly do if we all cooperated together. He came here to live
in righteousness as a man. To establish justice as a man.
To fulfill righteousness as a man. For the glory of God. And having
fulfilled righteousness, having brought in an everlasting righteousness,
the Son of God went up yonder to Calvary. And He took my place under the
wrath and judgment of God Almighty. And God Almighty, when He beheld
my sin on His Son, when He beheld the sins of His people on the
darling of His soul, He poured out on him all the
terror and fierceness of his unmitigated anger and wrath to
the full satisfaction of justice. So that justice could require
no more, he took our place. What does that mean? Well, it
means Christ made salvation possible for everybody who let Him save
them. That's blasphemy! That's not so! That's not so! He didn't make anything possible!
He made it so! He took away our sins. He saved
us from the wrath of God. He delivered us from the curse
of the law. He purged our transgressions by the sacrifice of himself with
one tremendous draft of love. He drank damnation dry. The Lord
Jesus Christ is our substitute. He stands as our representative
in heaven today, our forerunner, and pleads our calls before the
throne of God. And in the day of judgment, he's
going to stand as our substitute. I fully expect, listen to me
now, listen to me, I fully expect, I expect this, more Merrill Hart
than I expect that woman to wake up loving me tomorrow. I fully expect, I fully expect
God Almighty to look on me in the day of judgment with a smile
of perfect approval. A preacher, either you're a fool
or you got something I don't have. I'm not a fool. I'm not
a fool. How can that be? Because buddy,
God looks on me in his son. He's my substitute. He's my substitute. He rewarded his son for my disobedience
and he will reward all his sons in his son for his son's perfect
obedience and his perfect righteousness. Now, who is he? He's God Almighty. He's our substitute. And He's described here as the
Savior of His people. What on earth does that mean?
That means He's our Savior all by Himself. He's our Savior totally. All the salvation there is, He
is. He's our savior effectively. Whoever his people are whom he
came to save, he, S-H-A-L-L, may be safe. How on this earth anybody go
to sleep at night with such a notion? Maybe save them. He shall save His people. Because He's their Savior. That's
what a Savior does. If He just provides salvation,
He's not a Savior. If He just offers salvation,
He's not a Savior. If He just gives you an opportunity
to get saved, He's not a Savior! A Savior saves! You understand that? That's the
difference between this Christ and our false Christ. Who is
He? He's our Savior. Our substitute
who's God. And He's going to save His people
and we can bank on it. I mean, you can take this to
the bank in judgment day. You can take it to the bank.
How do you know He's going to save all His people? Because
He sits on the throne. He's the King. God's given Him
power over all flesh. That's right. He's your Lord.
Like it or no. He's your master. So I'm the
master of my faith. I'm the captain of my soul. You're
a fool. You can't even control your eyelashes,
much less your soul. You can't even control your thoughts,
much less your deeds. He controls everything. You too. Me too. Give him power over all
of Nashville. Wow, would you preach such a
thing? That means He gives life, eternal life, to His people. Thou hast given Him power over
all flesh that He should give eternal life to as many as Thou
hast given Him. That's good news! That's good
news! How do you mean? How can that
be good news? If you ever meet him, you'll
find out his good news. He who loved me with an everlasting
love, who chose me before the world began. who predestinated
my everlasting glory with him, who chose to save me, who came
here and lived as my substitute, and died in my place, rose again,
ascended up on high, he who came here to save this sinner from
his sins, sits on the throne. That means nothing is going to
stop him. Nothing is going to get in his way. Nothing's going
to hinder him. Nothing's going to stop him from
his work. Nothing's going to keep him from doing what he came
here to do. So I don't know anything about
him. That's what I've been telling you. But you'll either know him
or you'll perish in your sins. Here's the third question. Who
are his people? I'm sure interested in that. The text says, He shall save
His people from their sins. Who are they? Well, this much is sure. Whoever
they are, they were His people before He came here to save them.
Then it says, He shall save those who shall be His people. It says,
He shall save His people from their sins. Who are they? Why, they are those people of
whom the scripture says, thy people shall be willing in the
day of thy power. They are his people of whom he
says, I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish.
Of the sheep I have which are not of this fold, them also I
must bring. They shall hear my voice. There
shall be one fold and one shepherd. All men are Arminians by nature,
I know that. All men are well-worshippers
by nature, I know that. If God leads you to yourself,
you're going to go to hell trusting yourself. I know that. I know
that. You'll go to hell thinking you
can do something to make yourself acceptable with God. I'm aware
of that. I'm aware of that. All men therefore assume that
whoever Jesus Christ is and whatever it is that he has done, he's
done it for everybody. Why? That just makes good sense.
It just makes sense that God wouldn't do everything. That just stands for reason.
It just stands for reason God expects you to do something.
It just stands for reason. Carnal reason, not divine reason. The Lord Jesus Christ came here
to do everything for somebody. Everything. To save His people. You see, he cannot be God. And it is a denial of his deity to say that he fails to do what
he came to do. But you stop and think about
it. Stop and think about it. He cannot be God. It is a denial
of his deity to say that he loves everybody until at last Had he
done all he can do, they won't let him save them, so they go
to hell and his love turns to wrath. Well, preacher, we wouldn't say
that, we'd just say that even though they go to hell, he loves
them. Strange way of showing it. To talk about him loving everybody
and some still perishing under his wrath is utter blasphemy.
He cannot be God. It is denial of His deity. To
say that His blood was shed for everybody for the satisfaction
of justice, but somebody will suffer the justice of God still. The Son of God did not come here
to save all people. If He had, everybody would be
saved. He came here to save some people. His people. Who are they? Well, they're His seed. They're
His sheep. They're his chosen bride, his
church, whom he loved with an everlasting love. They're his
elect, the objects of his love. One last question. How will he
save them? How will he save them? He saves them by these three
great acts of grace. And he does it. These three great
acts. Who maketh thee to differ from
another? What hast thou that thou didst
not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory
as if thou hadst not received it? Has he saved you? Has he cut you out from the mass
of mankind, set you apart and said, I'll be your God and you
shall be my people? This is how he does it. Number one, by redemption. redemption. He bought us. He found us under the curse of
the law and he redeemed us from the curse of the law. Christ
hath redeemed us. Oh, what good words. He redeemed He bought me out
from under the curse. He paid my debt. He satisfied
all that I owed. He cancelled all my sins. He
bought me. Number two. Regeneration. The new birth. All who were his people were
bought with his blood at Calvary. And all who were bought with
his blood at Calvary shall at the appointed time of love be
born again and called effectually by the irresistible power and
almighty grace of his Holy Spirit. And thy people shall be willing
in the day of thy power. I have hope for you. Oh, I have
hope for you. I do. I don't care how hard your
heart is. Mine is that hard. I don't care
how vile your deeds are. Mine were as vile. I don't care
how stubborn you are. I was a stubborn. I don't care
how corrupt your soul. Mine is corrupt. Don't care what you've done,
what you've been. If God Almighty has set His heart
on you, He's going to get you. If Christ bought you, He's going
to get you. He may sacrifice your whole family
and this whole nation to do it, but He'll get you if He sets
His heart on you. And when the time of love comes,
it won't be that he hears you crying for him. He'll stick life in your soul
by the hand of his grace and calls you to cry for him. Else
you'd never cry for him. It won't be because you're, oh,
I decided I'd turn to Jesus. You'll never hear a man who knows
God use such language. I was running as fast as I could
to hell run, he stopped me dead in my tracks and turned me to
himself. But how is it God saves a sinner?
He comes to folks who are dead, like he came to Lazarus, and
he calls them by name, and he says, Lazarus, come forth. And you know what Lazarus does?
He just comes. He says, oh, may God be pleased
today to call you by His grace. If He does, you'll come. And
thirdly, He saves His people by redemption, by regeneration,
and by resurrection. Ah, there's a day coming. There's
a day coming soon when the Son of God shall come again. And He's going to raise us up. And make us like Him. Totally. To the disobedient and unbelieving,
there shall be the resurrection of the wicked. And you shall be raised to suffer
all The consequences of your sins at the hands of God's justice
in hell forever. But for you who believe, it's
called the resurrection of the just. Isn't that a good term
for it? the resurrection of the righteous,
and we shall be raised to be set free of God from all the
evil consequences of sin forever. At Calvary, He saved us from
the penalty of our sins. In the new birth, He saves us
from the power and dominion of our sins. In resurrection glory. Oh God, hasten the day soon.
He's going to save me from the very being of sin. Call His name Jesus. For He shall
save His people from their sins. Amen.