Pastor and 1st Lady Mims

Mims Chapel Church


Lesson 11 • Second Week

Jesus Christ the Savior

Background Reading                     Devotional Reading
Isaiah 7:4; Luke 2:8-18; Acts            Matthew 1:18-25
5:29-32; 13:22-23; 1 John 2:2;
Titus 2:14; Ephesians 1:7

Central Verse
"And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their
sins."        Matthew 1:21, KJV

"And she shall have a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."
Matthew 1:21, NLT

Key Terms
Trinity—The unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead, according to Christian doctrine.
Swaddling—To wrap (an infant) with clothes that restrain or restrict him or her.
Passover Lamb—Represents God's protection and the Israelites' deliverance from slavery in Egypt. The blood of the lamb was applied to doorposts, signifying that God would pass over those homes and spare their firstborns.

Introduction

The Old and the New Testament tell of Jesus coming to the Earth and let believers know the significance of who He is and why He is so significant in a life-transforming way. The angel came to Mary and Joseph and let them know about Jesus being born. Mary knew that she had not been sexually active with a man, but the Angel was telling her that she was with child. It was puzzling to her. Then the angel told Joseph that the babe was not by another man, but God had planted the babe there by the Holy Spirit. Joseph believed the angel and went ahead and married Mary and protected her.

Through these books, the believer can find out why God sent Jesus, what Jesus taught, why He performed miracles, why He died, what the Resurrection means to believers, and what the Bible says about His return. The waiting time that early believers had helped provide purpose and helped to develop the character of believers everywhere.

Advent is a season of waiting, hope, and expectancy. As believers celebrate Christmas day, they celebrate the birth of Christ and look forward to the day He returns. The religious world waited for the Savior to come because they knew that only the Savior could offer certain things. Amidst the confusion, the stress, the darkness that saps hope, and the Roman rule, Jesus, the Savior, is the only one who could help by offering a new life.

Discussion

Christmas is a season of spiritual reflections on the foundation of the Christian faith. It is the arrival of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. What does Savior mean? A Savior is one who saves anyone from any form or degree of evil. The greatest message of the Gospel is about salvation and the Savior. Salvation is redemption made effectual to the individual by the power of the Holy Spirit. The word "Savior" carries immense weight in the Bible, for it represents the divine deliverance and redemption offered to humanity through Jesus Christ.

The Prophet Isaiah prophesied that God would allow a virgin to become impregnated without a human man and bring forth a Son, and His name would be Emmanuel, meaning "God with us." The child would become the Savior of the world. After the sin of Adam, mankind no longer had the privilege to have fellowship with God like he had in the Garden of Eden. So, Jesus - God the Word and God the Son - had to come to this world in a divine way, so that He could be the Passover lamb. He had to be without spot or blemish, so that He could be the "lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Revelation 13:8).

Jesus was willing to lay down His life and allow men to cruelly kill Him, so that believers could be saved. The wise men sought Him to give Him worship and praise. They had been watching the stars, for they knew that a new star would announce His coming. The shepherds were watching over their sheep, but they knew that a Savior was going to be born. So, when the angels appeared that night, a light brighter than any that they had ever seen appeared to them. The angel of the Lord told them not to be afraid, for they were there to bring good tiding and great joy which shall be for them
and their neighbors. The angel let them know that the very day that he was talking to them a babe was born unto them in the city of David, a Savior which is Christ the Lord. The angel told the shepherds that they would find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

Then the host of angels joined in, and they began to praise and worship God. God loves for His children to praise and worship Him and when the believers receive Him as their God, it becomes a part of who we are.

Conclusion

Jesus Christ operates as the second person of the Trinity; for God draws, Jesus saves, and the Holy Spirit seals until the day of redemption. John tells the believer that there are three that bear record in Heaven - God the Father, God the Word, and God the Holy Spirit. They are one, but they each have their distinct function. God the Son is the Word, the Savior of the world. He is God who became flesh and lived and functioned in this world as a man.

He is the one who separated Himself from God and died for the remission of sin; for when He died, the sun stopped shining. He is the one who shed His blood so that each believer could become free from the bondage of sin. For every man was guilty of sin and could not connect back to God unless blood was shed.

The word of the Lord gives every human the privilege to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith which we preach; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" (Romans 10:8-10).

Questions

Why did the world need a savior?
What does a savior do?
How did Jesus become the Savior?
Why do believers celebrate Christmas?

Essential Thought- "The world needed to be saved, so God sent Jesus."