Salvation Is So Possible
It’s Likely
Simply put, Jesus Saves, full stop.
We can expand on the application of that idea, on it’s simple and singular meaning, but not by adding limitations. It isn’t Jesus Saves, But. The phrase can’t be nuanced in a restrictive way.
Jesus wants to save. He is anxious to save. And He is constantly ready to save any willing person, at any time, in any place.
In his Mars Hill speech Paul made it clear that God makes Himself accessible and knowable to every person in every generation so Jesus Saves means exactly that, without qualification. Jesus Saves.
You may qualify salvation. You may say a person must have faith, they must be willing to be saved and accepting, but you can’t put a limitation on the Savior.
Schedules Don’t Inhibit Jesus
Jesus is constantly ready, able and willing to do His work. There is no down time, no maintenance period during which He is inaccessible. Coffee breaks, vacation time, national holidays, sick days, afternoon slumps and personal time do not factor. You call, Jesus responds.
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There’s never a moment Jesus is not immediately ready to save.
Geography Doesn’t Inhibit Jesus
No location is too out of the way. Extreme environments don’t inhibit Him. He is just as comfortable in a rain forest as in an asphalt jungle. Like the Psalmist said:
If I ascend up to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. Psalm 138:8
Meaning, of course, that no person is geographically out of salvation’s range.
Politics Don’t Inhibit Jesus
No governing philosophy violates His sense of correctness to such an extent that Jesus withdraws the offer to save. He doesn’t mingle with capitalists and shun communists. He doesn’t associate with Republicans and sneer at Democrats.
No person rises to His standard or falls out of reach. He saves law enforcers and abusers alike.
Social Standing Doesn’t Inhibit Jesus
Class isn’t a problem for Jesus. He saved the wealthy, the poor, the sick and the rulers. Wealth was a barrier to those who had it but it never stopped Jesus. He interacted with many wealthy and saved several. Power blinded those who had it but it didn’t effect Jesus. He never lost sight of His purpose.
Jesus worked salvation’s miracle in every strata of society.
Religion Doesn’t Inhibit Jesus
And religion? Is there a religion or religions that effectively lock Jesus out? Not at all.
All truth is God’s truth wherever you find it: in church, out of church and in any kind of church. And all truth eventually leads to God, which in turn leads to Jesus.
Jesus doesn’t save in some churches and not in others. He’s not that sensitive.
Any person who hears salvation truth in any church, and believes it, will be saved. It really is that simple. Jesus really is that unlimited. And Jesus made the point best.
Truly, truly I say to you. The person that hears my word (any person, in any place, in or out of church, at any time) and believes on Him that sent me, has everlasting life (present tense, immediately at the moment of belief, in the very place of belief), and shall not (ever) come into condemnation but is past (definitely and finally) from death unto life. John 5:24 (parentheses added for emphasis)
In other words, Jesus Saves!
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