With the help of my Zondervan Bible Dictionary I have looked up words that are related to the saving work of Christ. In order to have a complete understanding of what Jesus accomplished in our name and on our behalf, it is important to know exactly what these words mean in both the Greek and English languages. I have used some excerpts from the Zondervan Bible Dictionary in this article.
SAVIOR: Greek. savior, deliverer, preserver. One who saves, delivers, or preserves from evil or danger, whether it be physical or spiritual, temporal or eternal. Paul wrote, "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him (Jesus) seeing that he ever lives to make intercession for them" Hebrews 7:25. Not only does Jesus save us, he continues to intercede for us.
REDEEMER: Hebrew, to tear loose. Greek, a ransom. Rooted in the secular usage of the word, the New Testament doctrine of redemption draws its meaning from a parallel with the market place concept "to buy back". A release from bondage on payment or receipt of a ransom as in Romans 3:24. "Being justified freely by the grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus". We are bought with a price, 1 Corinthians 6:20. The death of Christ is the redemptive price. His atoning sacrifice is the ransom paid for humanities deliverance, John 3:17.
JUSTIFIER: Greek. To make valid, to absolve, to vindicate, to set right. Justification may be defined as that judicial act of God, by which on the meritorious work of Christ, imputed to the sinner and received by faith, he declares the sinner absolved from his sins, released from its penalty and restored as righteous. Jesus is God's justifier, Romans 3:26. "To declare, I say, at this time HIS righteousness: that he might be just and the justifier of him that believes in Jesus". "But to him that does no works, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness" Romans 4:5.
SANCTIFIER: Greek. A separation, setting apart. To sanctify anything is to declare that it belongs to God. The Holy Spirit is God's mark of ownership. Those that are indwelt with the Holy Spirit have been justified, sanctified and redeemed, 1 Corinthians 1:30. They have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, "In whom you also trusted after you heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation: in whom after that you believed and were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise" Ephesians 1:13. Jesus is our sanctifier. We have been "set aside" by Christ presence in heaven, Colossians 3:3.
INTERCESSOR: Greek. An interview, supplication, intercede for. The act of interceding on the behalf of another. Jesus is in heaven presenting his righteousness and his atonement for the sins of humanity in our name and on our behalf. An intercessor is also a mediator. "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come into God by him (Jesus) seeing that he lives to make intercession for them" Hebrews 7:25.
GLORIFIER: Greek: To glorify, honor or magnify. Glorification is the results of being justified. No one will enter heaven that has not been justified, sanctified and redeemed. Glorification is the physical manifestation of God. Paul wrote, "When Christ, who is our life shall appear, then you shall you also appear with him in glory" Colossians 3:4. We will be like him; for we shall see him as he is, 1 John 3:2.
SAVIOR: Greek. savior, deliverer, preserver. One who saves, delivers, or preserves from evil or danger, whether it be physical or spiritual, temporal or eternal. Paul wrote, "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him (Jesus) seeing that he ever lives to make intercession for them" Hebrews 7:25. Not only does Jesus save us, he continues to intercede for us.
REDEEMER: Hebrew, to tear loose. Greek, a ransom. Rooted in the secular usage of the word, the New Testament doctrine of redemption draws its meaning from a parallel with the market place concept "to buy back". A release from bondage on payment or receipt of a ransom as in Romans 3:24. "Being justified freely by the grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus". We are bought with a price, 1 Corinthians 6:20. The death of Christ is the redemptive price. His atoning sacrifice is the ransom paid for humanities deliverance, John 3:17.
JUSTIFIER: Greek. To make valid, to absolve, to vindicate, to set right. Justification may be defined as that judicial act of God, by which on the meritorious work of Christ, imputed to the sinner and received by faith, he declares the sinner absolved from his sins, released from its penalty and restored as righteous. Jesus is God's justifier, Romans 3:26. "To declare, I say, at this time HIS righteousness: that he might be just and the justifier of him that believes in Jesus". "But to him that does no works, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness" Romans 4:5.
SANCTIFIER: Greek. A separation, setting apart. To sanctify anything is to declare that it belongs to God. The Holy Spirit is God's mark of ownership. Those that are indwelt with the Holy Spirit have been justified, sanctified and redeemed, 1 Corinthians 1:30. They have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, "In whom you also trusted after you heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation: in whom after that you believed and were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise" Ephesians 1:13. Jesus is our sanctifier. We have been "set aside" by Christ presence in heaven, Colossians 3:3.
INTERCESSOR: Greek. An interview, supplication, intercede for. The act of interceding on the behalf of another. Jesus is in heaven presenting his righteousness and his atonement for the sins of humanity in our name and on our behalf. An intercessor is also a mediator. "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come into God by him (Jesus) seeing that he lives to make intercession for them" Hebrews 7:25.
GLORIFIER: Greek: To glorify, honor or magnify. Glorification is the results of being justified. No one will enter heaven that has not been justified, sanctified and redeemed. Glorification is the physical manifestation of God. Paul wrote, "When Christ, who is our life shall appear, then you shall you also appear with him in glory" Colossians 3:4. We will be like him; for we shall see him as he is, 1 John 3:2.
