I need a Savior

In Planet in Rebellion, George Vandeman wrote: “It was May 21, 1946. The place—Los Alamos. A young daring scientist was carrying out a necessary experiment in preparation for the atomic test to be conducted in the waters of the South Pacific atoll at Bikini.

“He had successfully performed such an experiment many times before. In his effort to determine the amount of U-235 necessary for a chain reaction—scientists call it the critical mass—he would push two hemispheres of uranium together. Then just as the mass became critical, he would push them apart with his screwdriver, thus instantly stopping the chain reaction.

“But that day, just as the material became critical, the screwdriver slipped! The hemispheres of uranium came to close together. Instantly the room was filled with a dazzling bluish haze. Young Louis Slotin, instead of ducking and thereby possibly saving himself, tore the two hemispheres apart with his hands and thus interrupted the chain reaction.

“By this instant, self-forgetting daring, he saved the lives of the seven other persons in the room. As he waited... for the car that was to take them to the hospital, he said quietly to his companion, Al Graves, “You’ll come through all right. But I haven’t the faintest chance myself.’ It was only too true. Nine days later he died in agony.

He had saved the lives of seven others—but he could not save his own life. 

This is true we can not save ourselves. There is only one way that we can be saved from this sin ridden world, and that is through Jesus Christ. We cannot save ourselves, and we can never be good enough to be saved either. The Bible tells us that, “We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind” (Isa, 64:6 NLT).

I hear many people say that they will be in heaven because they are good people, but is that true? Paul tells us in Ephesians 2:8–9 (GNB) “For it is by God’s grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God’s gift, so that no one can boast about it”.

What does this mean? “It is grace on God’s part and faith on man’s part. Faith accepts the gift of God. It is through the act of entrusting ourselves to Him that we are saved, not that faith is the means of our salvation, but simply the channel.” ^[1]

But how do we receive His gifts? It is simple, “give” yourself to God, ask Him to wash away all your sins and to give you a new heart. The promise to give us a new heart is found in Ezekiel 36:26 (NLT), “and I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.” We need to believe that He will do just that, because He has promised. 

While Jesus was on earth, He healed many people of their diseases when they had faith in His power. He helped them in ways that they could not even see, which gave them the confidence that He could help them in things they could not see like, His power to forgive sins. By the act of believing God, you allow the Holy Spirit to transform a new life in you, by this you are ‘born’ into His family. 

Once you have given yourself to God, don’t turn back. Everyday ask God to give you His Holy Spirit and to keep you by His grace. Every morning say to yourself, “I belong to God and I have given myself to Him.”