The name Jesus, the Saviour

29 Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, Saviour?

29 Because he saves us from all our sins, 1 and because salvation is not to be sought or found in anyone else. 2

30 Do those who seek their salvation or well-being in saints, in themselves, or anywhere else, also believe in the only Saviour Jesus?

30 No.

30 Though they boast of him in words, they in fact deny the only Saviour Jesus. 1

30 For one of two things must be true: either Jesus is not a complete Saviour, or those who by true faith accept this Saviour must find in him all that is necessary for their salvation. 2

Footnotes

Question 29 · Footnote 1

Matthew 1:21

She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

Hebrews 7:25

Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Question 29 · Footnote 2

Isaiah 43:11

I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.

John 15:4-5

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Acts 4:11-12

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Question 30 · Footnote 1

1 Corinthians 1:12-13

What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

Galatians 5:4

You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

Question 30 · Footnote 2

Colossians 1:19-20

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

Colossians 2:10

and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Redemption

Question 29 · Footnote 1

Question 29 · Footnote 2

Question 30 · Footnote 1

Question 30 · Footnote 2

Redemption