Who Did Christ Come to Save?
by Pastor Ricky Kurt
Years ago, a brokerage firm known as E. F. Hutton aired a TV
commercial that featured two people talking about financial investing in
the midst of a crowded room. When one said to the other, “Well, my
broker is E. F. Hutton, and E. F. Hutton says…,” all the people around
them hushed their conversations, and leaned toward them so as not to
miss out on E. F. Hutton’s advice. I thought of this recently when I
read I Timothy 1:15:
“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners…”
Imagine you’re not saved, and you’re hearing that
verse read in church. If the pastor paused at the word “save” to turn
the page, I daresay you’d lean forward in your seat in eagerness so as
not to miss out on hearing who Christ had come to save. How thankful you
would be when you heard He came to save sinners, for if you are honest you have to admit that you are among the “all” who “have sinned” (Rom. 3:23).
But the news would not have been as good for you had
you been a Gentile reading the Bible before the inclusion of Paul’s
epistles. When the angel told Joseph that his wife Mary would bear a
son, he added, “He shall save His people from their sins”
(Mt. 1:21), and the Lord’s people were Jews. Aren’t you glad the Apostle
Paul later made it clear that Christ came to save sinners, whether they be Jew or Gentile?
But if you’re not saved, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” is a saying that is worthy of all your acceptation! Christ did come into the world, and He came to save sinners like you. If
the greatest need of men were education, God would have sent us a
teacher. If our greatest need were money, He would have sent us an
economist. If our greatest need were philosophy, He would have sent us a
philosopher. But our greatest need was salvation, so He sent us a
Savior who died for our sins and rose again (I Cor. 15:3,4). “Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31).
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