"Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a son of Abraham. I, the Son of Man, have come to seek and to save those like him who are lost." (Luke 19:10 NLT)
Here’s the story as we read yesterday: Jesus finds Zacchaeus. Jesus spends some time with Zacchaeus at his home. Zacchaeus is transformed as a person. Jesus declares that salvation has come to Zacchaeus’ home.
So Jesus came and found… now he saves. Here’s the question for today: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR JESUS TO "SAVE"?
Here’s some of the Greek background to the word "save":
- swzw,v {sode’-zo}
1) to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction 1a) one (from injury or peril) 1a1) to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health 1b1) to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue 1b) to save in the technical biblical sense 1b1) negatively 1b1a) to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment 1b1b) to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the Messianic deliverance