Jesus Is For You, But Not For You Alone
It is very common to hear people refer to Jesus as their personal savior. In a sense they are correct. Jesus is a pursuer of persons and he loves those who know Him in a very personal and loving way. And still it is not completely correct to say that Jesus is your personal savior. Jesus plan from before the foundation of the world was much bigger than you.
In Ephesians chapter one we read:
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.”
- Ephesians 1:3-6
The personal pronoun used here by the Apostle Paul is Us. This is not trivial or insignificant. God’s plan is to redeem a people, a body, a church, a family. If this is true, why do we walk with God in isolation stubbornly independent as if that was God’s desire? Why do we envision the marriage supper of the Lamb as a quiet dinner for two?
Is salvation personal? You bet it is! Did God send His son to die so that you can live life on your own apart from His family? Not on your life!
Is Jesus just your personal savior?
