"She will give birth
to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his
people from their sins.”
{Matthew 1:21} (NIV1984)
Friend, I
wonder this morning if you are in a situation that you would like to be saved
from. Usually we think of being saved as being delivered from an undesirable
circumstance to a desirable circumstance, or from a harmful situation into a
safe situation. This verse that we looked at yesterday and again today, makes
it clear that our Lord will save us from something in particular. That is, God
through Jesus will take us from an undesirable, harmful situation of being in
sin, and place us in a desirable, safe situation of being free of sin.
Every
one of us has sin in our lives, and the whole of creation is ruined because of
sin. The reason Jesus came was to save us from our sin; not our other
circumstances which are hard, painful and undesirable. Many people refuse to give
their lives to the Lord Jesus at all, and many people harden their hearts after
initially trusting Christ with their lives because He won’t deliver them out of
a specific situation.
Friend, it would be beneficial for each of us to consider
this truth today. Jesus came to deal with the root issue, of which all of our
other issues spring from. Death, sickness, broken relationships, violence, etc,
etc all spring from SIN, and will be with us until creation is renewed. Jesus came
to save us from sin! He forgives us, cleanses us, and gives us the grace to
overcome sin. One day He will take us out of our undesirable situation and
place us in the most desirable situation: beside Him in glory. Until that time
comes, let us fix our eyes on Him, and allow Him to do what God sent Him to do,
to save us from our sins.
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