Is Jesus your personal Savior? That's a common phrase in the Christian world? Jesus should be your personal Savior. But make sure He is much more than that. Jesus absolutely saves individuals in a personal way. If your broken relationship with God has been restored, it's because Jesus sacrificed Himself for your sin and God's grace has renewed your heart. This happens to individuals-no one is saved because she has Christian parents, attends a church service, or lives in a "Christian nation."
But your relationship with God should not be characterized by individualism. God worked in your individual heart to give you new life, but salvation is not about your making to heaven as an individual. Jesus saves us as individuals to place us within a body-the church. In reality, Jesus is the Savior of the church. He died to create a people who together love and worship Him and fulfill His purpose in the world.
This means that the gospel is not only good news for me, it is good news for everyone.
Francis Chan, Multiply
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