Savior! The very word implies that we needed saving from something. We have all heard (and probably used) a term such as "you're a life saver" or "you saved me" when someone helped us out in a pinch. Yet very few of us probably know what it really feels like to have your life saved. The women who was pulled out of a river by strangers when her car went off the road knows what it is like. This is a drastic situation but "life saver" is a drastic term.
We use the term "Savior" all the time for our Lord Jesus without really stopping to consider what he saved us from. Oh, some people do know. They give testimonies about how God saved them from drugs or alcohol. Maybe others came to God when their marriage was on the rocks. But what about those who grew up in Godly, stable homes with wonderful parents? What about those who have never experienced all the bad that life has to dish out? Do they still need a savior?
The answer is yes. Paul said it like this in Romans 5:6: "At just the right time, Christ died for the ungodly." But who is the ungodly? Romans 3:23 says "all have sinned and fallen short of God's glory." That all includes everyone of us so everyone of us needed a savior. We all deserved death but God gave us life instead through his shed blood on the cross. No matter how good or bad we've been, he is the savior. We should take time today to thank him.
Blessed beyond measure,
Sullivan Jones
We use the term "Savior" all the time for our Lord Jesus without really stopping to consider what he saved us from. Oh, some people do know. They give testimonies about how God saved them from drugs or alcohol. Maybe others came to God when their marriage was on the rocks. But what about those who grew up in Godly, stable homes with wonderful parents? What about those who have never experienced all the bad that life has to dish out? Do they still need a savior?
The answer is yes. Paul said it like this in Romans 5:6: "At just the right time, Christ died for the ungodly." But who is the ungodly? Romans 3:23 says "all have sinned and fallen short of God's glory." That all includes everyone of us so everyone of us needed a savior. We all deserved death but God gave us life instead through his shed blood on the cross. No matter how good or bad we've been, he is the savior. We should take time today to thank him.
Blessed beyond measure,
Sullivan Jones