He came to “save His people from their sins"

“And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21

Many, if not most people today sense no real need for Jesus.  He is written off as irrelevant.  He is not so much hated as He is ignored; not so much maligned as He is dismissed as a non-issue.  Why?  Simple.  It is because He came to meet a very real need that so few are able or willing to admit they have.

What are the needs people tend to think of as most pressing?  Economic reform, technological progress, the elevation of self esteem, educational programs, an ecological salvation of the planet, equality and tolerance of all ideas as equal—these are the things that would make Jesus a hit in modern society.   But He did not come for any of these.  He came, quite simply, to “save His people from their sins.”

“Sins?  Are you kidding?  Sin is not a problem.  The only problem we have with sin is those narrow-minded religious bigots who insist that human beings are sinners in need of a Savior!”

That is what the world thinks about the primary problem Jesus came to solve.  Unless and until people understand that we are all sinners, there isn’t going to be much in the way of a “felt need” for a Savior.

He came to “save His people from their sins.“  Confess your sin and ask God to forgive you and restore you on the basis of Jesus’ sinless life and death in your place that was followed by His resurrection from the dead.  He came to “save His people from their sins.”