A Wonderful Savior

 

Since I was a boy, "A Wonderful Savior" has been one of my favorite hymns.  A multitude of reasons are cited in this beautiful song, all of which builds my adoration for the Lamb of God!  Let me suggest three reasons why I think Jesus is a wonderful Savior. He has a wonderful nature.  Jesus is Divine and eternal.  He possesses all the traits of Deity without qualification or limitation (Col. 2:9).  That means He has the power to save "to the uttermost" (Heb. 7:25).  Not only does He, as God, have the power, but He has the love (1 John 4:8).  He has not only the power and the will, but also the desire. He demonstrated wonderful love.  Again, what could drive the perfect God to die for woeful, sinful, and wicked man?  There was nothing in us deserving of love, so this says everything about Him and nothing about us.  He loves me because HE is wonderful (Gal. 2:20; Eph. 5:25; cf. Rev. 3:9).   He has opened wonderful doors of opportunity.  Paul loved using this terminology.  He told Corinth in two letters about the Lord opening such doors for him (1 Cor. 16:9; 2 Cor. 2:12).  He told the church at Colosse (4:3).  He reported as much to the church at Antioch at the end of the first missionary journey (Acts 14:27).  We cannot separate these opportunities from the Savior.  Who do we seek to promote?  What is our message?  Who is the object of hope?  He opens doors because of who He is.  The Godhead, when we pray and seek His will, open the doors through divine providence.  How enriching and rewarding when we step through those wonderful doors! Fanny J. Crosby had in mind the event up on Mt. Sinai when Moses received the ten commandments and the Lord descended in a cloud and stood with Moses there.  It is a beautiful picture of a God who condescends to lowly man.  That's what Jesus did!  He lowered Himself for us (Phil. 2:5ff).  Thank God for such a Savior as we have!   --Neal Pollard