Simple definition? Is it? What does this word mean to you? Rescuer? From what? To… something? If ‘to’… What? On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is this? What’s the value? And now … what do you do about your Saviour? Is it only a momentary ‘relief’ or is your life forever changed?
Perhaps what we need to do, often, is to remember, review, refine Our basics. And the first is – saviour, because that is the foundation/source from which everything starts and proceeds.
[As an aside… it’s interesting to note that in the secular world, the word is spelled – savior (though it is acknowledged as a variant spelling). However, in scripture it is spelled – saviour.]
Webster:
“someone who saves something or someone from danger, harm, failure, etc. —used by Christians to refer to Jesus Christ.”
Synonyms: deliverer, redeemer, rescuer, saver
The site, biblestudytools.com provides this definition:
“Saviour: one who saves from any form or degree of evil. In its highest sense the word indicates the relation sustained by our Lord to His redeemed ones, He is their Saviour. The great message of the gospel is about salvation and the Saviour. It is the “gospel of salvation.” Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ secures to the sinner a personal interest in the work of redemption. Salvation is redemption made effectual to the individual by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
However, the important point is how YOU define the word. Does (how) the word impact your life… what you do, what you say, how you do both of them? Are you conscious that your Saviour is actively involved in you life? Bottom line: who is your Saviour and what is your relationship! This is what’s important. Jesus didn’t come, do all He did, suffer, die, and rise again to be only an addendum to your life.
He is the ONLY way to abundant life here and a home to return to when you die. If you’ve studied any of the other ‘religions’ – which, how many of them have as their foundation a Saviour who has done all that He has, especially to take on our sins ((2Corinthians 5:17-20) so we can live a new life. Right! No one. No one could because:
“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” (John 10:10)
This is what Jesus did for us… Who He is, What He did, and Why. Your response
