A little girl
stood at the window, watching her dad come home from
church. As he entered the house she asked,
"Daddy, what did the preacher talk about?"
"Jesus," he answered. "Daddy,"
she asked, "was it our Jesus?" On this
broadcast we're going to talk about Jesus. Is He
yours?
Let's consider
who He is. To the artist He's the One Altogether
Lovely, to the architect He's the Chief Corner Stone,
to the baker He's the Living Bread, to the banker
He's the Hidden Treasure, to the biologist He's Life,
to the doctor He's the Great Physician, to the
educator He's the Master Teacher, to the farmer He's
the Lord of the Harvest, to the florist He's the Lily
of the Valley, to the geologist He's the Rock of
Ages, to the jeweler He's the Pearl of Great Price,
to the lawyer He's the Counsellor, to the newspaper
man He's the Good Tidings of Great Joy, to the
electrician He's the Light of the World, to the
philanthropist He's the Unspeakable Gift, to the
philosopher He's the Wisdom of God, to the statesman
He's the Desire of All Nations, to the student He's
Truth, to the traveler He's the Way, to the toiler
He's the Giver of Rest. But to the Samaritans with
whom He stayed two days, according to John 4:42, He's
the Christ, "the Savior of the world."
Let's consider
what He does. Because the Father sent the Son to be
the Savior of the world, He saves. He saves from sin.
The Bible says, "Thou shalt call His name Jesus:
for He shall save His people from their sins."
He saves from the habit of sin. The Bible says,
"Sin shall not have dominion over you." He
saves from the haunts of sin. The Bible says, "I
will save them out of all their dwelling places
wherein they have sinned." He saves from the
harvest of sin. The Bible says, "Being now
justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through Him." He saves from the horror of sin.
The Bible says, "This poor man cried, and the
Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his
troubles." He saves from the hell of sin. The
Bible says, "The wages of sin is death, but the
gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord."
Let's consider
whom He saves. The Bible says, "This is indeed
the Christ, the Savior of the world." It
includes everyone. There are no exceptions. No one is
barred because of his badness, or restricted because
of his race, or shut out because of his standing in
society. If the Bible had said, "The Father sent
the Son to be the Savior of many men, or most men, or
of all men except one," you and I could never
have the assurance of salvation. We'd wonder,
"Am I the exception?" But all doubt and
despair is removed by the plain and powerful words,
"The Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the
world." "But," you ask, "does
that mean that the whole world will be saved?"
Oh, no. But it does mean that you may be saved. For
the Bible says, "The Lord is not willing that
any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance." How, then, is one kept from
perishing? The Bible answers, "For God so loved
the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
have everlasting life." A doctor said to a boy,
"Son, I'm a doctor. But am I your doctor?"
"No," he answered. "Why not?"
"Because," replied the boy, "I've not
trusted myself to you." Just so - Jesus is the
Savior. But He's not your Savior if you haven't
trusted yourself to Him.
Won't you
trust yourself to the Lord right now?
copyright 2000 Guido Evangelistic
Association
All Scripture verses are
quoted from the New King James Version.
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