Who is Jesus? He is a Savior Who seeks Sinners!

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10 ESV)

We are thinking about knowing Jesus intimately, so we must know the fullness of Who He is. And, Who is He? Jesus is the Holy One Who comes to earth to seek unholy sinners to make them holy.

I am sure that almost every Christian would say that the thing we want the most is to be like Jesus!  I say that often, and I hear others say that often. At some very deep level, we sincerely want to be like Him. The problem comes when we don’t think through what that means. If we are going to be like Jesus, we are going to have to seek sinners!

It is truly amazing to me that Jesus would seek sinners. Anyone who considers what a holy God would do comes to the conclusion that He would seek holy people to be with Him. God does, in fact, demand holiness from those who would come near to him. “Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.” (Hebrews 12:14 ESV)

The problem is that there are no holy people! “As it is written, none righteous, no, not one.” (Romans 3:10 ESV)

So, what is God’s solution? He seeks for unholy sinners to make them holy!

Like most people, I have several “favorite verses” and they change from day to day; but, most days I will tell you that my very favorite verse is 2^nd Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” We will never have a righteousness of our own! The only righteous we can every have is the righteousness of Jesus Christ that God accounts to those who repent of their sin and accept Jesus as Savior and Lord.

If we are to know Jesus, we must know that He is a Savior Who seeks unholy sinners for the purpose of making them holy. So should we.

Sola Deo Gloria!