Savior

     Finally, we come to the reason Jesus came to earth. Yes, God is our Father, Jesus is our friend, our light, our shepherd. Without His being our Savior, we have nothing at all. We need to come to Him in humility with a deep hunger for Him to become our Savior. Tired of navigating on your own?

     The gap between God and man was impossible to bridge. The giving of the law to Moses would bring all people to the realization that there is no way to keep the perfect law of a holy and righteous God. We all fall short.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23

     Jesus came at the perfect time, to fulfill the perfect law, so that the perfect man could suffer the consequences of imperfect us All of it. Every white lie. Every work we perform as if we are good enough for heaven. Every temptation we have fallen into. Every disrespectful thought or word, every mistake, every disease, every bit of fallen humanity was placed on our Savior’s shoulders.

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.” Matthew 5:17

     The prophet, Micah, foretold the coming of the Messiah.

You will again have compassion on us. You will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. Micah 7;19

     Did you know over 300 prophecies came true at the first coming of Christ? An impossibility of course. But not for God. Jesus fulfilled the law. He suffered all of our sins. He overcame the fallen world. And all He asks? For us to believe in His birth, His suffering and death, His resurrection from the grave. The darkness of Good Friday became the light and hope of Easter morning. Accept Him as Savior. Come humbly to Him as a fallen human fully in need of a loving Father, friend, shepherd, light and most of all, SAVIOR!

     Believe in your heart that He came, that He died, that God raised Him from the dead. He conquered death for you. Profess with your mouth and then? You will be saved. Heaven-bound! Forgiven forever. His forever. A Father, a friend, a shepherd, a glorious light, a Savior to watch over you. It is so simple, so profound, so mind-boggling. It comes as a gift freely given. It is grace undeserved. It is hope.

He is Lord.

If you declare with your mound, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9

     Make Him your Savior today, if you have not. And your life will be changed in an instant. Read the Word. Feel His light. Go to Him in prayer day by day and He will guide your footsteps into freedom and wholeness. That’s what He does. Transforms lives, redeems souls, gives hope and light in the darkness,  and one day soon, He will welcome us home.

Father,

There are no words to thank You for Your Son and for His gracious gift to us. There is nothing we can do to earn it. All of us fall short, but it is ours for the taking. Enlighten hearts to see the light of the Son.

In Jesus name,

Amen