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Subject: {dbilg} Feeling Our Need for a Savior devotional from S F Dec.6
Sunday, December 06, 2009
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Feeling Our Need for a Savior
John Piper
There are two reasons why during Advent we should remember our great need for a
Savior.
The Preciousness of the Savior's Coming
The first reason is that the more keenly we feel our need for a Savior, the
more precious will be the coming of the Savior.
Picture two people in a car out for a drive along the north shore. The rider
knows that there is a time bomb in the trunk and that any second might blow
the car to pieces. The driver doesn't believe there is one, and thinks that his
rider is insane. The state patrol has been alerted that the car is indeed
loaded with a bomb that will soon go off. They begin their search and pursuit.
The rider suddenly sees the State Patrol far in the distance to the rear racing
toward the car. His heart leaps with hope for possible rescue! If you are
the rider who knows that there is a bomb in the trunk, the flashing red lights
in the distance are very precious, and the closer they get, the more precious
they become. But if you are the driver and you don't think that there is a bomb
in the trunk, the flashing red lights are a threat.
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I think that the most loving thing I can do for you this Advent season is to
help you remember and feel your need for a Savior, so that as he approaches,
your heart will leap for joy.
The Command of the Word of God
The second reason for remembering our great need for a Savior is that the Word
of God commands us to. Ephesians 2:1-10 describes how God saved us by grace
through faith when there was a time bomb of sin ticking in our soul. Verse 11
commands, "Therefore remember!" Remember what? Verse 12 tells us: "Remember
that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no
hope
and without God in the world." But the key word, practically speaking, is
"Remember!"
Paul really believes that even after the State Patrol has caught your car and
saved you, you shouldn't forget that awful chase. You shouldn't forget what
it would have been like if they had not pursued you. You should remember what
you were and would have become without a Savior. Part of our ongoing devotional
life should be the obedience of Ephesians 2:12--Remember! Remember! Remember
that once we were cut off from Christ, without any citizen-rights to heaven;
no promises applied to us; we had no hope and no part in God.
We are commanded, "Remember this! Bring it to mind again and again" (v. 11,
mnemoneuete: present tense, continuous action). And surely the reason is so
that it will have a vigorous and lively role in causing us to love Jesus
Christ, our Savior.
It is a simple psychological fact: unless we feel a great need for a Savior, we
do not feel that he is a great Savior.
John Piper
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