Savior of the World

Angels announced it. Luke 2:11
Jesus corroborated it. John 3:17
Samaritans saw it. John 4:42
Paul explained it. Acts 13:23
Timothy taught it. 1 Timothy 4:10
And John joins in. 1 John 4:14

Jesus is Savior of the world.

This means a lot and has a lot of implications. But just one thing we know from this: our problems are bigger than we think.

We look out at the world and see problems. In our efforts we want to fix them. We attack them intellectually with education. We attack them spiritually with meditation. We attack the behavior with therapy. We attack social issues with social structures. And while these efforts are good we still see problems. It doesn't ultimately work because we do not just have a problem with our minds, or our actions, or our social structures. We have a deep corruption through and through. Our problem(s) is(are) big enough that only God himself must fix them. Our corruption is deep enough that his Son had to die to save and rescue us. He is the Savior of the world because the worlds problems were so big and so thorough that we needed him.

Only God can save us. And he has and he will. A changing of the human heart. A recreation of this world. A living Hope in a Living Father, who sent a (re)living Savior.

Thank you Father. Thank you Jesus. And thank you Spirit. You planned redemption when we accepted corruption. You recreated what we broke. Thank you.