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Today's question is, why do we need a Savior? In this video I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective.

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Then afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end.

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Humanity needs a Savior. To give an exhaustive answer to why we need a Savior would require encyclopedic volumes of information.

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In our limited time I will present some ideas based on what the Bible says about why we need a

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Savior. First, let us understand the term we in this question to be technically inclusive.

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That is, when we say we need a Savior, we mean that every person who has ever lived needs a

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Savior. Also, we should note that the term Savior enjoys a somewhat broad use in the

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Bible. Anyone who performs an act of rescue or deliverance may be designated as a

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Savior. Examples include the judges, Othniel and Ehud, Judges 3, verse 9 and verse 15.

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God Himself, and not just Jesus specifically, is also called Savior, Isaiah 43, verse 11.

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In this video, to avoid confusion, I will use the word Savior to designate Jesus Christ.

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The reason we need a Savior has its roots in the nature of God and the nature of man.

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First, the Bible says God has a plan and human beings are critical to that plan.

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Second, God is holy and He cannot abide in sin. Third, every human being has sinned and every human has an intrinsic sin nature.

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The difficulty for us is that living with God requires sinless perfection, and none of us is perfect, so God cannot accomplish

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His goals without first fixing humankind. That is why we need a Savior, and Scripture identifies

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Him as Jesus Christ in Luke 2, verse 11, and Titus 2, verses 13 and 14.

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We need the Savior, Jesus, because we need to be made holy. Without holiness, no one will see the

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Lord, Hebrews 12, verse 14. Jesus does not simply make us better people, nor does

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He boost our godliness or augment our holiness. We have none to begin with.

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Rather, He makes us completely new creatures, 2 Corinthians 5, verse 17.

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The Plan of God for Humankind We need a Savior because God plans for us to bring

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Him glory and enjoy His fellowship forever. He desires to conform us to the image of His Son.

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The self -existent One did not create the cosmos to entertain Himself.

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He did so to cultivate relationships with beings made in His image.

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See Genesis 1, verse 27. God as a social and moral agent desires to have

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His creation love Him and thrive. The fact that we, as volitional beings, fell into sin and rebellion means that we need a

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Savior or God's plan for us cannot be realized. In His love, God sent the

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Savior, His only begotten Son, so He could fit us for eternity and showcase

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His glory. The Holiness of God With over 900 biblical references to the holiness of God, its importance to His creation cannot be overstated.

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The Bible teaches that we should pursue holiness, 1 Peter 1, verse 15.

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Jesus taught that we should approach God with the understanding that He is holy.

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We need a Savior because God is too pure to abide sinfulness. Your eyes are too pure to look on evil.

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You cannot tolerate wrongdoing, Habakkuk 1, verse 13. Without a

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Savior, God's word to us would only be, "...away from me, you evildoers."

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Matthew 7, verse 23. The Sinfulness of Humankind In Romans 3, verses 10 -18,

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Paul brings passages from Psalms and Isaiah into a discussion of the law. In doing so, he uses

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Scripture to conclude with confidence that every person has sinned. Every person, therefore, requires remediation.

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We cannot cast off our sin any more than a leopard can change its spots. There is no one righteous, not even one,

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Romans 3, verse 10. God says, in no uncertain terms, that everyone is a sinner, even the ones who don't think they are, see 1

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John 1, verse 8. What this means is that everyone needs a Savior, even the ones who don't think they do.

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The Necessity of a Savior To summarize, God has a plan. It is perfect, and He won't change

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His mind about executing it. His plan involves us humans, though we are sinners through and through.

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Since God is holy, He cannot tolerate the presence of sin, and unless He somehow cleanses us, it is impossible for Him to work

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His eternal plan with us. Those who are not cleansed, those who are not saved, must be separated from God for all eternity.

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God's solution? Offer the perfect sacrifice, once and for all, to cleanse us of sin and reconcile us to Himself.

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This He did with His Son on the cross. We need a

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Savior because we cannot save ourselves. We need a Savior because, without Christ, we are described as having no hope and without God in the world,

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Ephesians 2, verse 12. We need a Savior, and God has provided one.

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Jesus saved us as a demonstration of God's love and as a function of His mercy.

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Now, having been justified by His grace, we become heirs, having the hope of eternal life –

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Titus 3, verse 7. Jesus' sacrifice unlocked everything for us, and if there were any other way for God to work

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His plan without compromise, He would have chosen that over the humiliation of the cross.

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The fact that Jesus did indeed die on the cross is proof enough that we need a

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