heaven with the Divine command, "Thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he
shall save his people from their sins."[035] The name is thus not the
ascription to Him of qualities evolved from our own conception of what
He is, or of what God is in Him, but God's disclosure of His infinite
love and of His purposes for man's salvation. In His Divine power and by
His efficacious sacrifice He is Jesus, the Saviour. He does not save, as
some who profess to be Christians hold, by the influence of His own
example and teaching only, just as one man may be said to save another
whom he persuades to abandon evil habits and form good ones. He is our
Saviour because He died as a sacrifice for our sins. Had He not expiated
our guilt by dying for us, His example, teaching, and sympathy would
never have brought us salvation.

The name "Jesus" is a human name. In its Hebrew form Joshua, Jehoshua,
Hosea it had been borne by others. We read of one Jesus in the New
Testament[036] and of many in the pages of Josephus. In this respect, as
in other particulars, Jesus was "made like unto his brethren" and bore a
human distinctive name. "Jesus" was accordingly the name given to Him at
His circumcision, by which He was to be known in His family and among
the people of Nazareth. During His ministry He was described as "Jesus,
the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee";[037] and the title affixed to His
cross by Pilate was "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." Yet, as
if to make emphatic the truth that His humanity did not derogate from
His Divine power and Godhead, the first Evangelist, who describes the
angel's visit, quotes in immediate connection Isaiah's prophetic
announcement, "They shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, GOD with us."[038] In the name Jesus thus bestowed we
have the announcement of Himself as a personal Saviour from sin, in its
power and consequences. Of those who had borne it before Him some were
raised up to deliver the people of their nation from suffering in time,