Jesus is our saving anchor

Hope like an achor

Osvaldo, an inmate, today received Christ to become a child of God while we shared 1-on-1 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.  

We began sharing together Monday afternoon as he was searching.  I encouraged him to read John 3, 10, and 14 and arranged to follow-up with any questions or responses.  I also passed on  "An anchor for the soul," by Ray Pritchard.

"This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast, and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered  as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."  
Hebrews 6:19-20
                                                                       the great exchange

by Ray Pritchard

Osvaldo read in the chapter on "the great exchange," in "Anchor for the soul," so I outlined this Biblical theme.  The Lord Jesus takes away all our sins--past, present, and future--placing them on Himself on the cross, once for all.  In response, He clothes us with His righteousness and covers us with His blood.

The prophet writes, "Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, and you cannot look on wickedness with favor," Habakkuk 1:13 As the guilty sinner who is believing Him for salvation, the Father looks on you and me with favor and receives us as His children.  

In the eternal courtroom of heaven, Jesus acts as our lawyer and announces,  
"He died for our sins according to the Scriptures, " 1 Corinthians 15:3;  

"He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him," 2 Corinthians 5:21

"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us...,"  1 Peter 3:18


"For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit."   Galatians 3:13

The very heart of the gospel message is that Jesus Christ paid for all of our sins in full.  

Ray Pritchard summarizes what the Father has said about the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ:

• He is the Savior of the world, and the only way to God, the Father.
• He came from heaven for you.
• He died on the cross, paying the price for your sins.
• He rose from the dead on the third day.
• He is ready to forgive you.
• He wants to give you His perfect righteousness.

 Jesus invites every new believer to "come and follow Me."