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Two things are here observable, 1. Our Saviour's circumcision, and the name given him at his circumcision. There was no impurity in the Son of God, and yet he is circumcised, and baptized also, though he had neither filth nor foreskin, which wanted either the circumcising knife or the baptismal water, yet he condescends to be both circumcised and baptized; thereby showing, that as he was made of a woman, so he would be made under the law, which he punctually observed to a tittle.
And accordingly, he was not only circumcised, but circumcised the eighth day, as the ceremonial law required: and thus our Lord fulfilled all righteousness. Mat_3:15
Observe 2. The name given at our Saviour's circumcision: His name was called Jesus; that is, a Saviour; he being to save his people from their sins. Mat_1:21 The great end of Christ's coming into the world was to save persons from the punishment and power of their sins. Had he not saved us from our sins, we must have died in our sins, and died for our sins, and that eternally. Never let us then sit down desponding, either under the guilt, or under the power of our sins; and conclude, that they are either so great that they cannot be forgiven, or so strong that they can never be overcome.