Jesus is the Savior of the World

When I was twelve years old I realized I was a sinner. I gave my life to Jesus and asked Him to forgive me. I didn’t fully realize what the call of Jesus on my life was. So what is the call that Jesus gives to us?

Luke 5:10b-11
Jesus said to Simon :Don’t be afraid. From now on, you will be fishing for people.” As soon as they brought the boats to the shore, they left everything and followed Jesus.

Matthew 4:19-22
Jesus said to them, “Come, follow me! I will teach you how to catch people instead of fish.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. As Jesus went on, He saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee preparing their nets to go fishing. He called them, and followed Jesus.

Matthew 9:9
As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and He said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed Him.

The call of Jesus to us is - FOLLOW ME!

So why should we follow Jesus?

Because Jesus is THE SAVIOR of THE WORLD.

John 4:42
They said to the woman, “First we believed in Jesus because of what you said, but now we believe because we heard Him ourselves. We know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”

Jesus is the Savior of the world. What does that mean?

In Luke 5:17-26 Luke shares the story of how Jesus healed a paralytic. In this story three truths are revealed based on Jesus being the Savior of the world.

#1: We can come to Jesus

Luke 5:17-19
One day as He was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick. Some men came carrying a paralytic on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

Jesus is infinitely approachable.

Jesus will accept you
whatever your past
whatever you sins
whatever your issues and struggles
whatever you have done
whoever you are or think you are.

Hebrews 4:16
So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved grace, and we will find help.

You can really come to Jesus no matter what.

#2: We can receive forgiveness from Jesus.

Luke 5:20
When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

Jesus is infinitely gracious.

When you come to Jesus you may come
without knowing why
not being excited about seeing Jesus or expecting Him to be able to do anything
with a bad attitude
with absolutely no faith in Jesus.

It doesn’t matter! You are there in His presence and if you open your life to Him and let Him do what He wants in your life, He can and will forgive you.

Whatever brings you into Jesus’ presence is the instrument that God has chosen to connect you and Him.

It can be anything
Fear
Pain
Desperation
Guilt
Joy
Comfort.

Jesus is offering you forgiveness and new life.

Jesus will forgive you from
sins of a lifetime
sins of the week
sins of the last hour
sins of the last second.

Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.

Jesus came for the outcast, the hopeless, the misfit, the lost. He came to be our perfect sacrifice for sin.

#3: We can receive healing from Jesus.

Luke 5:24-25
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. He said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you get up, take your mat and go home.” Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God.

Jesus is infinitely powerful.

Jesus heals physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Jesus heals
broken hearts
broken relationships
our weariness
our worries
our bodies
our minds
our spirits

Isaiah 57:15
But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed.

JESUS HEALS!

The fact that Jesus is the Savior of the world is great. But more important is that Jesus is YOUR SAVIOR.

If Jesus is your Savior then you are free. Because if the Son sets you free you are free indeed.

If Jesus is not your Savior you
are still in your sins
are still enslaved to sin
are headed for an eternity separated from God.

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is about helping people
come to Jesus
receive forgiveness from Jesus
receive healing from Jesus.

Jesus as The, not a, Savior of the world is the only one who can accept you, forgive you and heal you. But forgiveness and healing only come as you surrender your life to Jesus as your Savior.

With Jesus as Savior Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls
Joe