CHAPTER X. CHRIST'S BENEFITS TO MEN, OR BLESSINGS THEY RECEIVE THROUGH HIM, AS A SAVIOUR, REDEEMER, DELIVERER, &c. I. CHRIST is the Saviour: salvation is by him. Isa. xxv. 9. We will be glad and rejoice in thy salvation. xlv. 17. Israel shall be saved in the Lord, with an everlasting salvation. Ver. 22. Look unto me, &c. xlvi. 13. I will place salvation in Zion. xlix. 6. I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Acts xiii. 47. Ver. 8. I will give thee for a covenant of the people. li. 5. My salvation is gone forth; the isles shall wait upon me, and on my arm shall they trust.-Ver. 6. My salvation shall be for ever, from generation to generation. Ver. 8. lii. 7. How beautiful are the feet of him that publisheth salvation. Ver. 10. All ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Ivi. 1. My salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. lix. 16, 17. His arm brought salvation, and his righteousness it sustained him. (Ch. Ixiii. 5.) He put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head. lx. 18. Thou shalt call thy walls salvation, and thy gates praise. Ixi. 10. God hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, and covered me with the robe of righteousness. Ixii. 1. For Zion's sake, I will not hold my peace, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.-Ver. 11. Behold, thy salvation cometh; his reward is with him, and his work before him. Zech. ix. 9. 16. Ixiii. 1. I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Ver. 5. 9. Jer. xxxiii. 15. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David, and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. -Ver. 16. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. Matt. i. 21. He shall save his people from their sins. salvation for us.-Ver. 77. To give know- ii. 11. Unto you is born this day a Saviour. Ver.30. Mine eyes have seen thy salvation, (i. e. Christ.) iii. 6. All flesh shall see the salvation of God. ix. 56. The Son of man is come, not to destroy, but to save men's lives. xix. 9. This day is salvation (i. e. Christ) come to this house. John iii. 17. God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. iv. 22. Salvation (i. e. Christ) is of the Jews.-Ver. 42. This is Christ the Saviour of the world. v. 34. These things I say, that ye might be saved. x. 9. By him if any man enter in, he shall be saved. xii. 47. I came not to judge, but to save the world. Acts ii. 21. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved. See Worship offered to Christ. iv. 12. There is none other name, under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. v. 31. Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour. xiii. 23. Of this man's (David's) seed, hath God raised unto Israel a Saviour.-Ver. 38. Through this man is preached to you, the forgiveness of sins. xv. 11. We believe, that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved. xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. xxviii. 28. The salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles. Rom. v. 9. We shall be saved from wrath, through him. x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy xviii. 11. The Son of man is come to save heart, thou shalt be saved. that which was lost. 2 Cor. vi. 2. In the day of salvation have I Luke i. 69. God hath raised up a horn of succoured thee. Isa. iv. 8. Eph. ii. 5.8. By grace ye are saved, through | 1 Pet. i. 18. Ye were not redeemed with faith, and that not of yourselves. corruptible things, but with the precious blood of Christ. Ver. 19. v. 23. He is the Saviour of the body, [the church.] Phil. iii. 20. Our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thess. v. 9. God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. ii. 13. Rev. v. 9. Thou hast redeemed us to God by thy blood. xiv. 3. These were redeemed from the earth. Ver. 4. Redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb. III. Christ a ransom. Job xxxiii. 24. He 1 Tim. i. 15. Christ Jesus came into the is gracious, and saith, Deliver him, I have world to save sinners. found a ransom. 2 Tim. i. 10. Our Saviour Jesus Christ hath abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light. Ver. 9. ii. 10. That the elect may obtain the salvation, which is in Christ Jesus. Tit. iii. 5, 6. According to his mercy he saved us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation, which began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him? Ver. 10. It became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. v. 9. He became the author of eternal salvation, unto all that obey him. vii. 25. He is able to save them to the uttermost, that come unto God by him. ix. 28. He shall appear the second time, without sin, unto salvation. Isa. xxxv. 10. The ransomed of the Lord shall come to Zion with songs, and everlasting joy upon their heads. Ch. li. 10.-iv. 12 Jer. xxxi. 11. Hos. xiii. 14. Matt. xx. 28. The Son of man came to give his life a ransom for many. Mark x. 15. 1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave himself a ransom for all. IV. Christ a price. 1 Cor. vi. 20. Ye are bought with a price. Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. V. Christ a deliverer. Luke iv. 18. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Isa. xi. 1. Rom. xi. 26. There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer. Isa. lix. 20. Gal. i. 4. Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil 1 John iv. 14. The Father sent the Son, to world. be the Saviour of the world. II. Christ a Redeemer; redemption through him. Job xix. 25. I know that my Redeemer liveth. Isa. lix. 20. The Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. Rom. iii. 24. We are justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 1 Cor. i. 30. Christ Jesus, of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption. Ver. 24. v. 1. Christ hath made us free. Rom. viii. 2. 1 Thess. i. 10. He delivered us from the wrath to come. VI. Mediator. 1 Tim. ii. 5. There is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Heb. viii. 6. He is the mediator of a better covenant. ix. 15. The mediator of the new covenant. Ch. xii. 24. VII. Intercessor. Isa. liii. 12. He made Gal. iii. 13. Christ hath redeemed us from intercession for transgressors. the curse of the law. iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Ver. 5. Tit. ii. 14. He gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Heb. ix. 12. He entered into the holy place, naving obtained eternal redemption for us. Ver. 15. Rom. viii. 34. Who maketh intercession for us. VIII. Advocate. 1 John ii. 1. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Heb. ix. 24. He entered into heaven, to appear in the presence of God for us. IX. Reconciliation by Christ. Rom. v. 10. We were reconciled to God by the death of his Son. Ch. xi. 15. 2 Cor. v. 18. God hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ.-Ver. 19. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. Eph. ii. 16. That he might reconcile both unto God by the cross. Col. i. 19, 20. It pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness dwell, and (having made peace through the blood of his cross) by him to reconcile all things to himself.-Ver. 21. You hath he reconciled. Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a merciful and faithful high priest, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Eph. i. 10. That he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him. 2 Cor. v. 18, 19. The ministry and word of reconciliation. Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Acts xv. 11. Through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved. Rom. v. 15. The grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by Jesus Christ, hath abounded to many.-Ver. 17. They which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by Jesus Christ. .xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 2 Cor. i. 2.-xiii. 14. Gal. vi. 18. 2 Thess. iii. 18. Rev. xxii. 21. 1 Cor. i. 4. I thank God on your behalf, for the grace of God, which is given you by Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. i. 2. Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Col. i. 2. xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee. Eph. iv. 7. Unto every one of us is given X. Peace with God by Christ. Isa. ix. 6. His name shall be called Prince of Peace. Ver. 7. liii. 5. The chastisement of our peace was grace according to the measure of the gift of upon him. Christ.-Ver. 8. He gave gifts unto men. liv. 10. Neither shall the covenant of my of peace. ii. 14. On earth peace, good-will toward men. xix. 38. Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. John xvi. 33. These things I have spoken, that ye might have peace. Ch. xiv. 27. My peace I leave with you. Acts x. 36. The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ. Rom. i. 7. Peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Phil. i. 2. Col. i. 2. 1 Thess. i. 1. 2 Thess. i. 2. 2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. Philem. 3. 2 John 3. 1 Pet. i. 2. 2 Pet. i. 2. Jude 2. v. 1. We have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. ii. 14. Christ, he is our peace.-Ver. 15. Making peace.-Ver. 17. He preached peace. Eph. vi. 15. Rom. x. 15. The gospel of peace. Phil. iv. 7. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Col. iii. 15. with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.— 17, 18, 19. viii. 1. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. 1 Cor. vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus. Gal. ii. 16. A man is justified by the faith of Jesus Christ. iii. 8. God would justify the heathen through faith. Ver. 24. Ch. v. 4. XIII. Sanctification through Christ. 1 Cor. i. 2. To them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus.-Ver. 30. Christ Jesus, of God, is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. vi. 11. Ye are sanctified in the name of the Lord Jesus. Eph. v. 25. Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it. Ver. 26. Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness XI. Grace from Christ. John i. 16, 17. which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Heb. ii. 11. He that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all of one. x. 10. We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus.-Ver. 14. By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Ver. 29. Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. XIV. Christ is called life to his people. John i. 4. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. v. 26. As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. vi. 68. Thou hast the words of eternal life. xi. 25. I am the resurrection, and the life. xiv. 6. I am the way, the truth, and the life. Acts iii. 15. The Prince of life. 1 John i. 1, 2. Our hands have handled of the word of life. For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us. v. 12. He that hath the Son hath life: he that hath not the Son, hath not life.-Ver. 20. This is the true God, and eternal life. XV. Eternal life is from and by Christ. John iv. 14. Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst. vi. 27. Labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for that meat which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you. Ver. 33. vi. 48. I am the bread of life.-Ver. 51. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever.-Ver. 57. He that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 2 Tim. i. 10. Christ hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. XVI. Eternal life is the gift of God, through him. Rom, vi. 23. The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ch. v. 18. Rev. xxii. 17. 1 Pet. iii. 7. Heirs of the grace of life. Tit. i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began. 1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 1 John ii. 25. This is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. 2 Tim. i. 1. v. 11. This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. Rom. v. 17. 21. XVII. Benefits from Christ against sin, by way of extract from the foregoing and following sections. Isa. liii. 5. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed.-Ver. 6. The Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all.-Ver. 10. Thou wilt make his soul an offering for sin.-Ver. 12. He bare the sin of many. Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. Matt. i. 21. He shall save his people from their sins. ix. 6. The Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins. Ver. 2. xxvi. 28. My blood is shed for the remis viii. 12. He that followeth me shall have sion of sins. the light of life. x. 10. I am come that they might have life. -Ver. 28. I give unto them eternal life, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. xiv. 19. Because I live, ye shall live also. Rom. v. 17. They who receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by Jesus Christ.-Ver. 21. As sin reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ. Col. iii. 4. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye appear with him in glory. 1 Thess. v. 10. Christ died for us, that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him. Luke xxiv. 46, 47. Thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: That repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name. Ch. i. 77. John i. 29. The Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. Acts ii. 38. Repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins. v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. x. 43. Whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. xiii. 38. Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. iii. 26. God sent him to bless you, in turning you from your iniquities. Rom. iii. 25. To declare his righteousness washed us from our sins in his own blood, and for the remission of sins. hath made us kings and priests unto God and v. 9. Being justified by his blood, we shall his Father, be glory and dominion for ever. be saved from wrath through him. vi. 10. He died unto sin once. viii. 3. He condemned sin in the flesh. 1 Cor. xv. 3. Christ died for our sins. Ver. 57. God giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. v. 21. He made him to be sin for us. Gal. i. 4. He gave himself for our sins. Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. Col. i. 14. iii. 9. I will make them to know that I have loved thee. See Ps. xlv. 11. Prov. viii. 31. Song ii. 4. 6.-iv. 9.-vii. 10. XIX. Christ's care of his people. Isa. xl. 11. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and gently lead those that are with young. See ch. xlix. 10. Ezek. xxxiv. 23. Matt. xxiii. 37. How often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathereth her iv. 32. As God for Christ's sake hath for- chickens under her wings. Isa. xlii. 3. Eph. given you. Col. iii. 13. As Christ forgave you, so do ye. 1 Tim. i. 15. Jesus Christ came to save sinners. v. 29. His presence with his people. Matt. xviii. 20. Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of Heb. i. 3. He purged our sins by his own them. blood. Heb. ix. 22. ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death. ix. 26. He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.-Ver. 28. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. x. 14. By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. xxviii. 20. I am with you always unto the end of the world. John xiv. 18. I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you. Ver. 21. He that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and manifest myself to him.-Ver. 23. My Father will love him, and we will come to him. Acts xviii. 10. I am with thee, and no man 1 Pet. ii. 24. Who bare our sins in his own shall set on thee to hurt thee. Ch. xxiii. 11. body on the tree. iii. 18. Christ suffered for sins. 2 Tim. iv. 17. 1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with the Fa 1 John i. 7. The blood of Christ cleanseth ther, and with his Son. from all sin. Ver. 9. ii. 1, 2. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins-for the sins of the whole world.-Ver. 12. Your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. iii. 5. He was manifested to take away our sins. Ver. 8. That he might destroy the works of the devil. Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory and dominion, for ever and ever. Amen. XVIII. Christ's love to his people. John xiii. 1. Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.-Ver. 34. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another, as I loved you. xv. 9. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you. Rom. viii. 37. We are more than conquerors, through him that loved us. Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and hath given himself for us.-Ver. 25. Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it. Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, and Rev. ii. 1. He walketh in the midst of the golden candlesticks. iii. 20. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me. XX. Christ's excellencies and benefits briefly expressed. Eph. i. 3. God the Father hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ.-Ver. 23. The fulness of him that filleth all in all. iii. 8. The unsearchable riches of Christ. Ver. 19. Filled with all the fulness of God. iv. 13. A perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.-Ver. 7. The measure of the gift of Christ. Col. i. 19, 20. It pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness dwell; and by him to reconcile all things to himself. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him. XXI. Titles given to Christ, taken from the highest, most honourable and useful offices among men: As, Prophet, Priest, King, denoting his benefits to mankind against sin, and his dignity above all on earth. |