Jesus Christ came down from heaven for us - men and women - and for our salvation. The personal name, "Jesus", means "Saviour" or "Jehovah (the God of Israel) helps." Jesus does not simply point to the God of salvation. Jesus is the God of salvation: "He is God the Saviour. He is Christ the Lord, ever to be worshipped, trusted and adored." If Jesus Christ was no more than the greatest man who ever lived, the greatest witness to God's salvation, it would be utterly blasphemous to call Him, "the Saviour." By calling Jesus "Saviour", we are not saying that man saves himself. We are saying that the Man, Jesus, is God the Saviour: "When we call Him Saviour, we call Him by His Name." When the Bible says, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31), this is entirely different from a call to have the same faith which Jesus had. We are called to put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was not a sinner, who, like us, needed to receive salvation from God. Jesus Christ is the perfect Saviour from whom believing sinners receive eternal salvation.
