The year long Modest Calvin Catechism Blog is blogging right along.  Today I posted commentary on Question Forty-Nine:

Before the birth of Christ, the angel announced to Joseph that Mary, his espoused wife, would bear a son and that the boy’s name would be Jesus, because he would save his people from their sins (Matt. 1:21). When the Son of God came into the world, his title was Christ, the anointed one, yet his name was Jesus, Jehovah saves. From the time of his birth to his resurrection and ascension on high, his anointing and appointing was for the glory of God in the salvation of his people.

His name meant salvation, and salvation is what he did. We are reminded in the Word of God that the blessed Son of God took on human form, humbled himself and became obedient unto the sacrifice of himself on the cross (Phil. 2:8). His sacrificial death was as the Lamb of God for the sin of the world (John 1:29). Yet, it was not his own sin, for he had none. Rather, he took on flesh and suffered the agony and pain of death for others. Or as the Scriptures say, “He died for us” (1Thes. 5:10). And in his death, resurrection, and ascension he has accomplished all things necessary for our salvation:   the forgiveness of sins (Eph. 1:7), a clean conscience (Heb. 9:14), the cancellation of debt (Col. 2:14), reconciliation with God (2Cor. 5:18-19), access to the Father (Heb. 4:14-16), peace with God (Rom. 5:1), victory over this present age (Titus 2:11-14), the promise of eternal life (1Cor. 15:51-57), and every other spiritual blessing not mentioned by yours truly, but decreed by Heaven (Eph. 1:3).

No wonder they call Him savior!