HC 29

Q29. Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, Saviour?

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

Proof texts

• Matt. 1:21 — [21] She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
• Heb. 7:25 — [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.
• Isa. 43:11 — [11] I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.
• John 15:4-5 — [4] 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. [5] 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 — [11] This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. [12] 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 Tim. 2:5 — [5] For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Matt. 1:21 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. 6 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?