JESUS SAVES ME, THIS I KNOW

 

JESUS SAVES ME, THIS I KNOW

Psalm 116:3-11

Some of us remember the old Gospel hymn, “Jesus saves! Jesus saves!” Indeed He does. The only reason Jesus to earth in the first place was to go to the cross and die for our sins. He is the only one with the qualification and authority to save us.

We are naturally born sinners. 3 It is our spiritual DNA. No one is born without a sinful nature. No one lives life without sinning. No one can do anything to save themselves from God’s judgment and wrath on sin except Jesus. All of us have sinned against God and deserve to spend eternity in hell because of it. Rom. 3:23; 6:23 Because God is holy, no sin can ever be in His presence. Because He loves us, God became a man and dwelt amongst us to save us from our sins. John 1:1,14; 3:16

Because He alone is Savior of the world, we call on Him for the forgiveness of our sins. 4 Whenever we cry out to God for forgiveness, we are crying out to Jesus for they are one with the Holy Spirit.

Jesus can save us because of who He is. 5-7 He is gracious, righteous, holy, merciful, compassionate, just, generous, and all that is good. He is wise and saves all who sincerely seek Him. He knows who will give Him lip service and who is sincere. He will turn no one away who seek forgiveness.

Jesus saves us and sets us free. 8-11 When Jesus sets us free, we are free indeed. John 8:32,36 We are set free from our sins. He stands between God and us so that God can no longer see our ugly pasts. No longer do we face condemnation for our sins. Rom. 8:1 He takes our old, sinful selves and makes something beautiful our of us. II Cor. 5:17 We are set free to become the version of us that is pleasing and acceptable to God.

Jesus sets us free from the fears of today and all our tomorrows. He is our sure hope and there is nothing that can change that. We can live in expectation of much better things in store for us. John 14:1-4 Instead of fear, we live in Christ’s peace. Because He lives in us, we face with confidence and boldness whatever life throws our way.