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When I hear the phrase, “Jesus saves,” I think of poorly lettered billboards on many a country road. I also remember an unpleasant incident when I was buttonholed by a street evangelist who asked: “Are you saved, brother?” But these unhappy experiences of insensitivity cannot change what is central for me, as for every Christian: Jesus does save.
What does it mean? What does Jesus save me from, and how does it affect my life? In traditional terms, Jesus saves us from personal sin and from the effects of original sin, which include ignorance, weakness of will, disoriented emotions, physical illness, and death. Some of this freedom will unfold only after our physical death. But even now the process has begun: “The kingdom of God is at hand.” Jesus wants to free us from physical sickness—from all the sickness that destroys or lessens our humanity—in order to give us new life, a new relationship of love and union with his Father.
This is the astounding message of the good news. The danger is, and always has been, that we let this news remain a doctrine, a truth to be believed. But in reality, healing is the practical application…
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