The Pioneer of Salvation

Pioneers are trailblazers—fearless pathbreakers who dare to go where no one has gone before. They don’t just dream of new possibilities; they carve the very roads others will one day travel. History is full of such bold first-movers: the Wright brothers who lifted humanity into the skies, Steve Jobs who reshaped technology with Apple, Martin Luther King Jr. who marched for civil rights, and Mahatma Gandhi who proved that non-violence could shake empires. Yet the Bible points to the greatest Pioneer of all—Jesus, the Pioneer of Salvation, who opened the way to God and invites us to follow.

To truly understand Salvation, you first need to know about God’s creation and how sin entered the world. God created everything, and He wanted someone to care for all He created. So He made man in His own image and gave him life by breathing His own breath into him.

[Genesis 1:26-27 NIV] 26 Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

God wanted man to rule over and care for everything He made. He placed him in the Garden of Eden to work and protect it. In the garden was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and God commanded man not to eat from it. But man disobeyed God and sinned. Until then, there was no death, and man lived in close fellowship with God. This disobedience broke that relationship—sin became the barrier that separated man from God. The wages of Sin is death [Genesis 2:15-17 NIV] 15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die."

God gave His laws to show the way to live and to reveal the need for His salvation. But people, by their own strength, could not fully obey those laws. Even if they kept some, failing in one still made them guilty of sin. Through kings, prophets, and godly leaders, God kept warning His people to turn away from sin. Yet sin still had a strong hold on humanity, and no matter how hard anyone tried, they could not break free on their own.

Begotten Son Jesus

God chose His only begotten Son to come into the world and save humanity from sin. “Begotten” means one of a kind, unique, or the only one of its kind. Jesus is the begotten Son of God, sharing the same divine nature as the Father. He is fully God, not just a messenger or an adopted child. [John 3:16 NIV] 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

How Jesus Earned Salvation as the Pioneer

[Hebrews 2:9-10 NIV] 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. 10 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.

• There are many god’s in the world, people follow many religion, but no god / no Religion has offered himself to mankind to save Mankind. We have to offer to God to save ourselves from Sin in the form of Ritual / Sin atonement.

• Salvation, in a biblical sense, refers to deliverance from sin and its consequences, ultimately leading to eternal life with God. It is the central message of Christianity, and it is made possible through faith in Jesus Christ.

• Jesus offered Himself to save humanity. While we could never save ourselves, He willingly gave His life, faced death, and conquered it, earning salvation for all.

  • Jesus the begotten Son of God, lived 33 years fully as a human—tempted, abused, and tested—yet He never sinned (Hebrews 4:15; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22).

  • His mission was clear: to be the sacrificial Lamb, taking on the sins of mankind by dying on the cross voluntarily (Isaiah 53:3-9).

• Jesus humbled Himself, lowered than the angels, experiencing the full reality of human weakness, yet through this suffering, He was crowned with glory and honour. [Hebrews 2:9 NIV] 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death

• By trusting Jesus as Messiah and Lord and Saviour, we inherit the freedom from sin’s bondage and the salvation He secured for us.

• Jesus is the ultimate Pioneer of Salvation—He went first, faced death, and opened the way for all who believe.

• Salvation is for everyone, not just Christians. Jesus didn’t die only for believers—He died for all people, no matter their religion or background.

• Salvation is completely free. Jesus earned it on the cross, and it doesn’t cost anything. All we need to do is sincerely say from our heart: “Jesus, I believe you are my Lord and Savior. Please forgive me and free me from my sin.”

• God doesn’t want anyone to die in sin. He wants everyone to turn from sin, receive His grace, and enjoy eternal life with Him, As it says in [Ezekiel 18:32 NIV] 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!

How Salvation Makes Us Holy

[Hebrews 2:11-13 NIV] 11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. 12 He says, "I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters; in the assembly I will sing your praises." 13 And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again he says, "Here am I, and the children God has given me."

• Who makes people holy? – Jesus, thru the blood he shed in the cross.

• Who is made Holy ? – All who believe Jesus is the Lord, once you believe him you are a believer and become a Christ follower or disciple.

• Jesus sanctifies us: He makes us holy and calls us His family. Because of this, we are united with Him. He does this thru the bloodshed on the cross. Once Sanctified he gives the power to break Sins / bondage to sins (Drinking / Adultery / pornography / Drugs etc..)

• Acceptance despite past sins: Jesus is never ashamed of us in spite of our Sins, he is a friend of Sinner. He calls us His brothers and sisters and celebrates us before others.

• Trust and obedience: Jesus fully trusts God the Father, even in suffering. Same way he gives us the trust when we go thru struggles to endure and see the glory of God.

• We are God’s children: Through Jesus, we are adopted into God’s family and learn to worship the Father.

• Our identity in Christ: Salvation makes us Holy thru the repentance in him, He unites us with Father, and makes us part of God’s family.

Why Did Jesus Take Human Form to Bring Salvation?

Some wonder: No other God’s have done this, If Jesus is God, why did He become human to save us? there are several reasons why God chose this path to Offer Jesus as his only Begotten Son to us to save us.

1.        Death Entered Through Man

• Sin entered the world through Adam, bringing death as it states in [Romans 6:23 NIV] 23 For the wages of sin is death..

• Jesus, as the Last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45), became fully human to reverse the curse of death and give us a Spirit to free from this sin. [1 Corinthians 15:45 NIV] 45 So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

• Thru Jesus we have a living Spirit that gives life and make us flee from sins.

• As [1 Corinthians 15:21-22 NIV] says: 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

2.        Fully Human to Defeat Sin and Death

• Our human weakness (From flesh / blood) made us easy prey for Satan, who tempted Adam to sin, bringing a curse upon all mankind. But Jesus fully understood our weakness—so He humbled Himself, took on human form, and stepped into our broken world to redeem us.

• Because humans have flesh and blood, Jesus had to share in humanity to truly conquer sin and death  [Hebrews 2:14-15 NIV] 14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil-- 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

• Jesus experienced temptation, suffering, and weakness just like us, yet never sinned (Hebrews 4:15; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22).

• By living as a human in the world for 33 years , He broke the power of the devil and freed us from slavery to sin.

3.        Fulfilling God’s Promise to Abraham

• God promised Abraham that through his descendants, all nations would be blessed [Genesis 12:2-3 NIV] 2 "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

• God remembers the covenant and rescued the Israelites who were under bondage of Egyptians under Moses - [Exodus 2:24 NIV] 24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.

• Like the Israelites bonded to the Egyptians, same way we are bonded to sin and are slaves to Sin, as Abraham descendants he wants us to save us so that we become spiritual Israelite. We become descendants of Abraham by becoming the seeds for next generation, thru the faith in Christ, Faith breaks the bond of Sin. [Galatians 3:7, 29 NIV] 7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. ... 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

• The lie that Satan tells to deceive us from following Jesus Christ is “he is a foreign God”, We are Abraham descendants. God’s word says he helps us who are Abraham’s descendants [Hebrews 2:16 NIV] 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants.

4.        He is our intercessor

• There is no God who can empathise in the weakness, in the temptations we go thru, the emotions we go thru, the pain and suffering we go thru. Jesus had to go thru all of this to understand and help us act as an intercessor to Father to give us the grace and mercy to overcome the Sin.

• The law was not enough to save us from Sin, God the father had to give Jesus the Son of God, who could empathise in our weakness, the emotions we carry so that we have an intercessor (work of high priest) who can ask the father to break that struggle for us. [Hebrews 2:17 NIV] 17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

5.        He is our Sin Atonement

• The law asks us to do a Sin atonement when we commit a Sin - Jesus himself became a sin atonement for us Hebrews 2:17(b)… that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

• The death he died is one for all, no other sacrificial offering substitute like Goat / Chicken /Pigeon / Bulls is needed - [Romans 6:10 NIV] 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. / [Hebrews 10:10 NIV] 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

• It’s impossible for blood of goats and bulls to take away the Sins of man, so he himself gave his blood [Hebrews 10:3-4 NIV] 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

• As Sin entered man, man offered rituals (Parikaram in Tamil) and religious duties every day / day after day as offering to God to take away the Sin, but Jesus took everything on himself to free us as a Sin atonement [Hebrews 10:11-14 NIV] 11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

6.        He Understands our Emotions

• We have a father (Jesus) whom we can share our emotions who understands our mental (emotional) / physical pains as he has suffered the same in the world to help us overcome them when we are tempted to Sin [Hebrews 2:18 NIV]18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

• He is a living God, He is Omnipotent! Omniscient! he is everywhere, he is not confined to a room or a place, he is a personal God who understands what we go thru to give us the salvation and life we need.

• When we are tempted by Satan, he can help us so that we don’t fall into Sin trap again [Hebrews 2:18 NIV]18 ...he is able to help those who are being tempted.

How to Receive this Salvation

A God who gave Himself is waiting for you and me, ready to make us as His sons and daughters, His priests and kings. All it takes is faith—a simple, heartfelt declaration that Jesus is Lord—to receive the gift of salvation. It is free, it is eternal, and it is available to everyone, no matter who you are or where you come from. Don’t wait another moment—step into the life He prepared for you and experience the freedom, joy, and purpose only He can give.

Salvation is a gift from God, not something we can earn through good works:

• Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Salvation happens when a person:

• Acknowledges their sin and need for salvation. (Romans 3:23)

• Believes in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. (John 3:16)

• Repents (turns away) from sin and trusts in Jesus. (Acts 3:19)

• Confesses faith in Christ and follows Him. (Romans 10:9-10)