We really gotta get past
the Savior thing. Yes, Jesus is totally our Savior, and we love Him
for that – while we were yet sinners and hated Him, He demonstrated
His love for us in this – Christ died for us (my paraphrase of
Romans 5:8).
But for some people,
that's it. That sums up their whole relationship with him. God become
human and he did this really spectacular thing for them a long time
ago in a galaxy far far away, and it's great because now they have this great life insurance policy -- "salvation" and they get to go to heaven, sometime, in the sweet by-and-by.
But it all seems very distant and impersonal and far away and, well,
just not very relative to their day-to-day life in survival mode.
Jesus didn't die for you so
He could be your insurance salesman. He died for you to be your
lover. Salvation is just the tip of the iceberg! There is So.
Much. More! We can know Him so deep, and with such ferocious
intimacy.
Think about this today.
Jesus didn't die for you to give you salvation, although that's a
byproduct. Salvation was never the point; it was a necessary
prerequisite. Jesus died to give you Himself.
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