Who is God (Part 4)

The word "save" is used to describe many different activities in this life. You may have heard statements like: "Mom saved me a piece of cake,""The pitcher saved the game,"or "It is important to save some money for a rainy day." But what does it mean to worship a God who saves? In Isaiah 45, four times God declares another important fact about His character. He claims to be a saving God (Savior). You see all the gods of the pagans. around Israel, were gods who thought more about themselves then they did humans. So most of the time they spent all their energy protecting their own hides rather than the people who worshipped them. In fact read Isaiah 46, in which God describes the scene in which humans have to save their home made gods from the invasion of their enemies. So the concept of "a saving God" is very unique to Christianity.

When God makes this statement of Himself, it is in the context that He is the only God (45:5-6). So any hope of deliverance rest solely on this God, Jehovah. When God saves, it is eternal, permanent (45:17). One of the last statements of declaration by God is this, "Look to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other." (22) Man must focus their attention and eyesight to this God before their can be salvation. This image is clearly a reference to both the brazen serpent that Moses lifted up in the wilderness, to bring healing to the rebellious people who were being bitten by snakes; and also a clear reference to the cross that Jesus (whose name means Savior) would suffer and die upon over 500 years later (John 3:14-15). When a man, woman, boy, or girl looks and believes by faith in the cross of Jesus Christ , then and only then can they be saved. And when you choose to follow and obey the only true Savior, Jesus Christ, then this is reason enough to have a less stressed life. Until next time, keep walking close to Christ.