We all need a Healer and a Savior

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Live like it’s true”

Our Bible verse for today: “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the worst.” 1 Timothy 1:15 (NIV)

Our thought for today: “We all need a Healer and a Savior”

I’m sure you have heard the old saying that church isn’t a country club for saints but a hospital for sinners. It’s a bit trite but it’s also very true. Even the Apostle Paul saw himself as a sinner saved by grace, and nothing more. That’s what that entire passage in 1 Timothy 1:12-17 is about. This was Paul’s admission of guilt before God. But more than just being “true confessions” on Paul’s part, that passage is in the Bible for our benefit. If the great Apostle Paul felt convicted about his own sinfulness, to the point of writing about it (here and in other places as well), then how much more should each of us remain contrite and humble?

Author Alan Fadling noted, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. He didn’t come to affirm the (self-) righteous. He didn’t come to applaud the good guys. He didn’t come to hand out prizes to the most upright. He came because we were broken, wounded, and alone. We were sinners. We needed a Healer and a Savior.”

That’s us. All of us. Broken, wounded, alone, in need of a Healer and a Savior. And not just one time. Not just for the moment of salvation and then we are good-to-go for life. We need Jesus every minute of every day. We need forgiveness and healing on an ongoing basis.

What does this have to do with our theme of “live like it’s true”? Well, how about if we all live like it’s true that we are sinners saved by grace and in constant need of forgiveness and healing? How about if we come into our Sunday morning gatherings in contrition and with a healthy dose of humility? How about when unbelievers come to the church, they discover that it really does look, sound, and feel like a hospital where wounded and hurting people are being made well, rather than like a religious country club filled with self-righteous modern-day Pharisees?

The truth is that we are all flawed, fallible, broken, and hurting. Every single one of us. We all need to be healed. So, come to the hospital; come to the altar; come to Jesus.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

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