He is Able to Save

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost
those who come to God through Him,
since He always lives to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 7:25, NKJV

I've never saved a life. I don't think I've ever even been in a position to do it. Lifeguards save drowning victims. EMTs save accident victims. Doctors and nurses save the sick and injured all the time. Soldiers save each others lives on the battle field. Policemen save lives. Firemen save lives. Unexpected heroes save lives everyday. But me...I've never saved a life. I'm not even trained to save lives. I suppose if I saw someone in danger from a bus or a train, I would try to pull them out of the way, but other than that...I can't do much more than pray.

But what about the salvation of a soul? The Proverbs of Solomon tell us that he who saves souls is wise. We know that Christ came to save sinners, to seek and to save all who are lost. He came to call people to repentance. He came to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many, so that whosoever believes in Him would have everlasting life. Jesus paid for the salvation of souls with His own precious life, His body and His blood. He did everything He was assigned to do so that we could be saved. But then He entrusted the proclamation of that salvation to His followers, all of His followers for all time. That is our great commission. And this I have been trained to do.

I have been trained, as a Christian, to save souls. But still, it is not really I who saves. Only Christ can save. And He is more than able to do so.

He is able to save liars and thieves and blasphemers and adulterers. He is able to save idol worshipers and atheists, child molesters and rapists, drug addicts, alcoholics, abusers, and gangsters. He is able to save murderers, even serial killers. He is able to save the greedy, the lusty, the angry, the hateful, the bitter, the hurting, the lonely and sad. He is able to save little children and the aged, the mentally handicapped and the physically impaired. He is able to save the sane and the crazy, the happy and the depressed. He is able to save the living, and the dying. He can save us all.

But only if we come to God through Him. Jesus said of Himself, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me." Jesus declared that He was the only path to God, and the Bible continually says that it is only through His name and belief in Him as the son of God and a personal savior that we can be saved. Only through Him.

There is no other prophet who has ever claimed that, no other man in history who has ever declared, "I can save everybody if they just believe in me." What they have done is set up false religions of works, good deeds that outweigh bad deeds, self-sacrifice to the point of martyrdom to save your own life. And in some religions, if you're not good enough you can come back as something or someone else until your own goodness can ascend you into a higher plain of existence, or until you simply blink out of existence and become one with the universe. In some religions, your living relatives can say prayers and burn candles and pay your way into heaven. In some religions, there's no salvation offered at all, just urging to be better and to do better.

But Jesus said, "Come unto me." And not only will He save to to the uttermost those who come, He ever lives to pray and intercede for them. He is on your side! He died for you, and He won't give up on you. If you'll just come to God through Him. It's really that simple, and easy at that.