John 3:17-21 NLT
God sent His Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through Him. [18] "There is no judgment against anyone who believes in Him. But anyone who does not believe in Him has already been judged for not believing in God's One and Only Son. [19] And the judgment is based on this fact: God's Light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the Light, for their actions were evil. [20] All who do evil hate the Light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. [21] But those who do what is right come to the Light so others can see that they are doing what God wants."
It's an old fashioned saying these days, but I'm so glad I'm "saved" by Jesus..
Saved from what? Saved from the judgement of my sinful nature.
My grandma, a really simple soul, used to love to go up to complete strangers and ask them if they were "saved" and hand them leaflet about how to be "saved" by Jesus.
Most of us, including me, would be too embarrassed to challenge anyone like that, and, I'm not too sure how effective it was.
Yet she loved Jesus so much, she longed for others to know Him too.
She wanted people to be "saved" from the judgement that we all must face without Jesus.
Sin has a penalty - the death penalty - which Jesus took on Himself and paid in full on the Cross.
He alone can save us, there's no other way that works.
Bob Dylan wrote the song "Saved" many years ago and I quote:
"I was blinded by the devil,
Born already ruined,
Stone-cold dead
As I stepped out of the womb.
By His grace I have been touched,
By His word I have been healed,
By His hand I've been delivered,
By His spirit I've been sealed.
I've been saved
By the blood of the Lamb,
Saved
By the blood of the Lamb,
Saved,
Saved,
And I'm so glad.
Yes, I'm so glad,
I'm so glad,
So glad,
I want to thank You, Lord,
I just want to thank You, Lord,
Thank You, Lord.
By His truth I can be upright,
By His strength I do endure,
By His power I've been lifted,
In His love I am secure.
He bought me with a price,
Freed me from the pit,
Full of emptiness and wrath
And the fire that burns in it.
I've been saved
By the blood of the Lamb,
Saved
By the blood of the Lamb,
Saved,
Saved,
And I'm so glad.
Yes, I'm so glad,
I'm so glad,
So glad,I want to thank You, Lord,I just want to thank You, Lord,
Thank You, Lord.
Nobody to rescue me,
Nobody would dare,
I was going down for the last time,
But by His mercy I've been spared.
Not by works,
But by faith in Him who called,
For so long I've been hindered,
For so long I've been stalled.
I've been saved
By the blood of the Lamb,
Saved
By the blood of the Lamb,
Saved,
Saved,
And I'm so glad.
Yes, I'm so glad,
I'm so glad,
So glad,
I want to thank You, Lord,
I just want to thank You, Lord,
Thank You, Lord."
Are you "saved"?
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