Jesus as Savior
"Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" 1Tim 1:15 "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:17 And thus Jesus said, "I did not come to judge the world, but to save it." John 12:47 and "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." John 5:32
There are two things we need to be saved from.
1. In view of God's judicial nature whereby he condemns every act of sin, we need to be saved from the consequences of our having sinned. Namely we have to be saved from the wrath of God expressed in eternal hell fire.
2. In view of God's holiness whereby he will not have an intimate relationship with anything which has the propensity to sin, we must be saved from our innate sinfulness so that we can live with God forever, never sinning again. In vain do people take on themselves the task of accomplishing either of these goals. For to do so one ends up either belittling God's judicial nature by pretending that God's wrath is appeased by the meager sacrifices one makes, or belittling God's holiness by pretending that God is content living with people who sin from time to time, or by simply not calling sin for what it is. One can only become right with God by being saved. And that was Jesus' mission - to save sinners.
"Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" 1Tim 1:15 "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:17 And thus Jesus said, "I did not come to judge the world, but to save it." John 12:47 and "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." John 5:32
There are two things we need to be saved from.
1. In view of God's judicial nature whereby he condemns every act of sin, we need to be saved from the consequences of our having sinned. Namely we have to be saved from the wrath of God expressed in eternal hell fire.
2. In view of God's holiness whereby he will not have an intimate relationship with anything which has the propensity to sin, we must be saved from our innate sinfulness so that we can live with God forever, never sinning again. In vain do people take on themselves the task of accomplishing either of these goals. For to do so one ends up either belittling God's judicial nature by pretending that God's wrath is appeased by the meager sacrifices one makes, or belittling God's holiness by pretending that God is content living with people who sin from time to time, or by simply not calling sin for what it is. One can only become right with God by being saved. And that was Jesus' mission - to save sinners.
