"You Shall Call HIS Name JESUS."

A meaningless gospel, a meaningless 
god, and a meaningless savior!

(Don Fortner)

"You shall call HIS name JESUS, for
HE will save HIS people from their sins!"
Matthew 1:21

The angel's message to Joseph
was a message of grace, redemption,
and salvation to sinners. By GOD'S
command, HE was named, "JESUS,"
SAVIOR, because HE was sent by
GOD to save HIS people from their sins.

What HE is called, that HE is--
JESUS, our SAVIOR.

The LORD JESUS came into the world
to save "HIS people" from their sins.
Those HE came to save were HIS
people before HE came to save them,
HIS by eternal election.

There are some people in this world,
an elect multitude, chosen in HIM
before the world began, who are
peculiarly and distinctively HIS 
people, the objects of HIS
everlasting love, chosen in HIM
unto salvation.
(Ephesians 1:2-6; 2 Thessalonians 2:13)

The LORD JESUS CHRIST is
an almighty, effectual Savior!

HE saves HIS people from . . .
   the penalty of their sins--
      by HIS blood atonement,
   the dominion of their sins--
      by HIS regenerating SPIRIT,
   the being of their sins--
      when HE takes them out of this world,
   all the evil consequences of their sins--
      in resurrection glory!

Universal love, universal grace,
and universal redemption--
is meaningless love, meaningless
grace, and meaningless redemption.
To preach such, is to preach
a meaningless gospel, a meaningless 
god, and a meaningless savior!

"You shall call HIS name JESUS, 
for HE will save HIS people 
from their sins!"

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