Spurgeon Saturday

Christmas Meditation on the Name of Jesus

“…you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” (Matt. 1:21)

It is a gracious but very startling fact that our Lord’s connection with His people lies in the direction of their sins…What a wonder this is! The first link between my soul and Christ is, not my goodness, but my badness; not my merit, but my misery; not my standing, but my falling; not my riches, but my need. He comes to visit His people, yet not to admire their beauties, but to remove their deformities; not to reward their virtues, but to forgive their sins.

— C. H. Spurgeon