"Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins." Matt. 1:21.
How sweet, dear reader, is the name and title that Jesus bears: Savior! How well it suits us as lost sinners!
It is of all importance that we should know the truth, and acknowledge the truth about ourselves: that we are really lost sinners before God sinners needing a Savior.
We cannot be patched up by any religious process so as to be fitted for the presence of God. Our case is desperate, and nothing less than a Savior can meet it. Our hope of going to heaven, without the Savior, is a delusion.
Some time ago we came in contact with a young woman who had talked very nicely about "hoping to go to heaven:" but, having some doubts as to her state of soul, we asked her how long she had been saved.
She replied: "I can't say I'm saved; but my parents are Christians, and I have been brought up to it.”
We fear she represents a large class; and we would say, in all love and faithfulness, that this "being brought up to it" is a delusion of the devil.
Of course, one may be saved while young; thank God, many are! But, whether young or old, be assured of this, dear reader: it is only a personal, living Savior Who can fit you for God's presence.
Now, God in His love has provided this Savior. Jesus "appeared once to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself." Heb. 9:26. He has "suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God." 1 Peter 3:18.
"This Jesus hath God raised up, and exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Savior."
Acts 5:31
"He is able," the Scripture says, "to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him." Heb. 7:25. We assure the reader that He is not only able, but that He delights to save needy, lost sinners.
The Scripture further says: "Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other Name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12.
O, weary soul, lost in sin, listen to His tender loving words: "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matt. 11:28.