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Today's Devotion
From Dr. David Jeremiah
What Kind of Saviour?
December 19, 2025
For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:11
Recommended Reading:
Luke 2:8-148 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And behold,[{{f}}] an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. 10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:14 “Glory to God in the highest,And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”[{{f}}]
Luke 2:8-14
For five hundred years before the advent of Christ, the Jews had lived under the heel of foreign governments. Following the Jewish captivity in Babylon, the Persians controlled Judah, followed by the Greeks. After the death of Alexander the Great, his generals divided up the Middle East leading to rule by the (Greek) Ptolemies, then the Seleucids. Beginning in 166 B.C., a Jewish revolt against Greek rule resulted in a Jewish (Hasmonean) state which was crushed by Rome in 63 B.C.
Given this history, it is no wonder the Jews were looking for a deliverer—a savior—by the time Christ began His ministry. When the angels announced to the Bethlehem shepherds that “a Savior” had been born, they could have wondered, “What kind of savior?” An angel of the Lord clarified the meaning of “Savior” to Joseph: “He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). Not save them from the Romans or others but from their sins.
The most important salvation every human needs is salvation from sin. Make sure you have received the salvation Christ offers.
Oh, happy day, that fixed my choice on Thee, my Savior and my God!
Philip Doddridge
