Can We Make Jesus Our Savior?

Our Savior Jesus Christ

 

Have you made Jesus your personal Savior yet? Now that’s an odd question. It is along the same line as asking if you have made God your Creator yet. You cannot make Jesus anything. He is the maker of all things. He is who He is.  Jesus is Jesus. Jesus is God. It is the Creator who makes creation out of nothing. He makes you into something.   Just as you cannot make Him your Creator, you cannot make Him your Savior. That would imply that He is not your Savior until you deem Him to be so.

 

It would be just as silly to ask, “Have you made Jesus your way to heaven, or your truth, or your life?” The Good News is that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). A much better question would be: “Do you know that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life?”

 

Likewise, it would be better to ask, “Do you know that Jesus is your Savior?” St. John writes, “And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world” (1 John 4:14 ESV). As the Father sent the Son, the Son sent the Apostles out in order to reveal that He is the only Savior from sin, death, and the devil. The Lord doesn’t want us to question if Jesus is our Savoir, but rather to know for certain that He is. This message still comes to us this day through the writings of the Apostles. The Holy Spirit uses this gospel message to bring us to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as our Savior. The one who trusts in Jesus as the only Savior has the forgiveness of sins, eternal life, and salvation. Now that’s good news.