Jesus Christ - our hope, and a great Savior He is

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul an apostle - by the commandment of God - We have already seen that the term αποστολος, apostle, literally signifies a person sent from one to another, without implying any particular dignity in the person, or importance in the message. But it is differently used in the New Testament, being applied to those who were sent expressly from God Almighty, with the message of salvation to mankind. It is, therefore, the highest character any human being can have; and he message is the most important which even God himself can send to his intelligent creatures. It was by the express command of God that St. Paul went to the Gentiles preaching the doctrine of salvation by faith in Christ Jesus.
 Jesus Christ - our hope-without  JESUS, the world was hopeless; the expectation of being saved can only come to mankind by His Gospel. He is called our hope, as he is called our life, our peace, our righteousness, etc., because from Him hope, life, peace, righteousness, and all other blessings proceed.

He is after all The Savior of The World.

1Ti 1:15  Here's a word you can take to heart and depend on: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. I'm proof--Public Sinner Number One-- 

1 Timothy 1:15

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation,.... This is said, lest it should be thought strange, or scarcely credible, that so great a sinner should be saved; as well as to give a summary of the glorious Gospel the apostle was entrusted with; and in opposition to fables, endless genealogies, and vain jangling, and contentions about the law. The doctrine of Christ's coming into the world, and of salvation by him, as it is the sum and substance of the Gospel, so it is a "faithful saying"; in which the faithfulness of God is displayed to himself, and the perfections of his nature, his holiness, justice, love, grace, and mercy; to his law, which is magnified, and made honourable; to his word of promise hereby fulfilled; and to his Son in carrying him through the work: and the faithfulness of Christ is discovered herein, both to his Father with whom, and to his friends for whom, he engaged to obtain salvation; and the faithfulness of ministers is shown in preaching it, and of other saints in professing it, and abiding by it: it is a true saying, and not to be disputed or doubted of, but to be believed most firmly; it is certain that God the Father sent his Son into the world for this purpose; and Christ himself assures us, that he came for this end; his carriage to sinners, and his actions, testified the same; his works and miracles confirm it; and the numberless instances of sinners saved by him evince the truth of it: and it is "worthy of all acceptation"; or to be received by all sorts of persons, learned, or unlearned, rich or poor, greater or lesser sinners; and to be received in all ways, and in the best manner, as the word of God, and not man; with heartiness and readiness, and with love, joy, and gladness, and with meekness, faith, and fear, and by all means; for it is entirely true, absolutely necessary, and suitable to the case of all, and is to be highly valued and esteemed by those who do approve and accept of it. It is the Christian Cabala, or the evangelical tradition, delivered by the Father to Christ, by him to his apostles, and by them to the saints, by whom it is cordially received. The apostle seems to allude to the Cabala of the Jews, their oral law, which they say (m) was delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai, and by him to Joshua; and by Joshua to the elders; and by the elders to the prophets; and so from one to another to his times: but here he suggests, that if they would have a Cabala, here is one, that is firm, and true, and certain, and worthy to be received, whereas the Jewish one was precarious, yea, false and untrue. Indeed, sometimes the words of the prophets are so called by them; so that passage in Joe_2:13 is called קבלה, "Cabala" (n), some thing delivered and received; upon which one of their commentators (o) has these words, 

"whatever a prophet commands the Israelites, makes known unto them, or exhorts them to, is a Cabala. 

And if a prophetic command or admonition, then surely: such an evangelical doctrine, as follows, is entitled to this character, 

that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; Christ came into the world, being sent by His Father, but not against his will, but with his free consent: He came voluntarily in the fullness of time into this sinful world, where he was ill treated; and this was not by local motion, or change of place, but by assumption of nature; and the end of it was, that He might be the Savior of lost sinners, as all men are, both by Adam's sin, and their own transgressions; though He came not to save all, for then all would be saved, whereas they are not; and if He came to save them, He must have then so far lost His end; but He came to save sinners, of all sorts, even notorious sinners, the worst and chief of sinners: and the apostle instances in Himself, 

of whom I am chief; or "first"; not that He was the first in time; Adam was the first man that sinned, though Eve was before him in the transgression: it is a most stupid notion, that some gave into from this passage, as if the soul of Adam passed from one body to another, till it came to Paul, and therefore he calls himself the first of sinners: but his meaning is, that he was the first in quality, or the greatest and chiefest of sinners, not only of those that are saved, but of all men, Jews or Gentiles; and this he said not hyper-bolicaly, nor out of modesty, but from a real sense or apprehension he had of himself, and his sins, which were made exceeding sinful to him; or he was the chief of sinners, and exceeded all others in his way of sinning, in blaspheming the name of Christ, and persecuting his saints, otherwise his conversation was externally moral, and in his own, and in the opinion of others, blameless: he was no fornicator, adulterer, thief, extortioner, &c. but in the above things he went beyond all others, and was a ringleader in them; and the remembrance of these sins abode with him, and kept him humble all his days; he was always ready to acknowledge them, and express his vileness and unworthiness on account of them: hence he here says, not "of whom I was", but "of whom I am chief". Now such sinners, and all sorts of sinners, Christ came to save from all their sins, original and actual; from the law, its curse and condemnation; from the bondage of Satan, the evil of the world, and wrath to come, and from every enemy; and that, by His obedience, sufferings, and death, by fulfilling the law, bearing its penalty, offering Himself a sacrifice for sin, thereby finishing it, making reconciliation for it, and bringing in an everlasting righteousness: and a great Savior He is, and an only one; The only one who was qualified to redeem us from our sins, a full, suitable, able, and willing Savior; a Savior of the soul, as well as of the body, and of both with an everlasting salvation, There was no one else found worthy who could have

taken His place.  There is only one way to get to heaven and to the Father of Glory, Almighty God.   That being Jesus Christ the only begotten son who gave himself for us who stood condemned already under the law of a Just God.  After the sin of Adam and Eve the first humans we all that came after stood in condemnation for our waywardness and selfishness and sinfulness, pride and wickedness. Repent therefore and ask Him

to forgive your waywardness and ask Him to come into your life

and to change you to be what He wants you to be.

Spend some time in His presence with sincerity. Talk to Him about your selfish past get it all out, so that nothing will be in the way for Him to wash you clean and forgive you with His atoning blood that He spilled at Calvary.

Make a commitment to JESUS.  Are you truly sorry for your past wrongdoing (we are all sinners) and wish to change your whole life around, with Jesus help!  Pray this prayer to help you.

"Lord Jesus Christ, I am sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life, I ask Your forgiveness.   Thank You for dying on the cross for me, to set me free from my sins.  Please come into my life and fill me with Your Holy Spirit, and be with me forever.  Thank You Lord Jesus. Amen."

Psalms 118:14
The Lord is my strength and song,.... It being in the name of the Lord the enemies of the psalmist were destroyed; and having obtained help of him when sore thrust at, he gives him all the glory, and ascribes nothing to himself. It was the Lord that strengthened him, helped him, and gave him the victory. The Lord is the author and giver of strength, natural and spiritual; he is the "strength" of the hearts and lives of his people, and of their salvation; and therefore is their "song", the matter of it: they sing of his nature and perfections, of his works of providence and grace, of his righteousness and salvation, as follows: 


and is become my salvation; the author of temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation; which the psalmist saw his interest in, and was assured of, and therefore sung praise on that account; see Exo_15:2.