JESUS CHRIST: GOD-MAN - Vital Christianity

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Both Jehovah and Jesus are called Redeemer. Thus Jesus provides redemption as fully as
Jehovah. Only God can claim such authority and power.
SAVIOR
In the Old Testament, Jehovah is often described as Savior or Author of Salvation:
● "For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt
for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead" (Isa 43:3).
● "I will save My flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between
one sheep and another" (Eze 34:22).
A striking resemblance is found in John 10:16-17:
"The reason My Father loves Me is that I lay down My life [for the sheep]. . . .
there shall be one flock and one shepherd."
In the Hebrew Scriptures universal (world-wide) salvation is provided:
"Turn to Me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no
other. Before Me every knee will bow, by Me every tongue will swear" (Isa 45:22).
Paul picks up these words as He ponders the soon return of our Lord Jesus Christ:
"Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is
above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven
and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father" (Php 2:9-11).
Jesus was given His name for a reason:
"She [Mary] will give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus,
because He will save His people from their sins" (Mt 1:21).
The writer to the Hebrew Christians said of Jesus:
". . . and once made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation for all
who obey Him" (Heb 5:9).
To further identify Jesus with Jehovah as the Savior, the Author of our Salvation, Peter
provides a significant parallel between "our God and Savior Jesus Christ" and "our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ (2 Pe 1:1,11).