“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16
The words of the hymn “Jesus Saves!” were written in 1882 by Priscilla J. Owens. Most of her hymns—like this one—were written specifically for children. “Bear the news to every land,/ Climb the steeps and cross the waves;/ Onward! ‘tis our Lord’s command;/ Jesus saves! Jesus saves!” This is the greatest news any child in any corner of the world has ever heard.
We grow up, and we leave childhood behind. But we carry with us the basic truths and essentials of our faith. We remember how the world began, with God creating the earth and everything in it. We recall how the very first humans, Adam and Eve, were placed in a perfect setting in the Garden of Eden. They took the earliest opportunity to disobey by eating the fruit which God had forbidden. Sin entered our world, but not without our loving Creator’s promise to restore it all one day, to rescue us from sin, to bring us back home. He did so by sending His one and only Son who lived the perfect life for us and conquered death at Calvary.
He’s the One of whom we sing, “Jesus Saves!”
We grow up, and we leave childhood behind. But we carry with us the basic truths and essentials of our faith. We remember how the world began, with God creating the earth and everything in it. We recall how the very first humans, Adam and Eve, were placed in a perfect setting in the Garden of Eden. They took the earliest opportunity to disobey by eating the fruit which God had forbidden. Sin entered our world, but not without our loving Creator’s promise to restore it all one day, to rescue us from sin, to bring us back home. He did so by sending His one and only Son who lived the perfect life for us and conquered death at Calvary.
He’s the One of whom we sing, “Jesus Saves!”
Scripture Focus
2 Peter 3:8-13
Insight
Have you accepted the gift of salvation? It is there for you!
Bible In A Year
- Ezekiel 13-14
- Psalm 137
- Ephesians 5-6