What We are Saved To

-April 27, 2022-

Good morning, happy Wednesday,

“And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

(Matthew 1:21).

Yesterday, we considered what we have been saved from: sin, hell, judgment, condemnation, the wrath of God, spiritual death and the devil’s control. Today, we will ponder what we are saved to: victory over sin, the world, the flesh, and the devil; We now have eternal life, the forgiveness of our sins, and a home in heaven. We are the children of God, with God as our Heavenly Father, and Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. We have our inheritance in heaven where we will spend eternity; and so much more!

What a great joy to be saved! Saved to tell others what Jesus has done for us! When Jesus cast out the demons from the man living among the tombs in the country of the Gaderenes, it was a great miracle of healing and salvation. Luke 8:35 says, “Then they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.” This man begged to be with Him, but Jesus told him In Luke 8:39, “‘Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.’ And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him. “

We have a story to tell how Jesus saved us and changed our lives. This speaks of our personal testimony to others of what our life was like before we were saved, how we received Christ, and what life is like for us now and for all eternity. Fanny Crosby wrote, “To God be the glory – great things He hath done! So loved He the world that He gave us His Son, who yielded His life an atonement for sin, and opened the life-gate that all may go in.” The Lord has done great things for us! His grace gave us what we did not deserve.

Jesus was born to die for us on the cross. He came to seek and to save those who are lost. Have you received Jesus as your personal Savior? Why not today? Until the sin problem is settled, life will be unsettled, there will no hope, life, peace or joy.

Have a blessed day thanking God for changing our lives. We have been saved from so much and to so much more! Stay safe and healthy.

Rejoicing in Jesus,

Dean