Why We Need A Savior

(This was originally posted to my previous blog on 02/16/2007.)

So many times we fail to tell people what they really need to know. While we should praise our Master Yeshua Messiah and tell how He has changed our lives, the basic message of why we need Him is so important and sometimes gets lost when we focus on encouraging people to accept Him because He can improve their lives. What they most need to know is that they are dead without Him.

Reading YirmeYahu (Jeremiah) 25-27 was a stark reminder of this. The day of YHWH will come like a consuming fire, and as this passage shows, the shepherds need to teach their flocks the Truth:

Jer 25:30 "And you shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them, 'YHWH roars from on high, and utters His voice from His set-apart dwelling place. He roars mightily over His fold, a shout as those who tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Jer 25:31 "Tumult shall come to the ends of the earth, for YHWH has a controversy with the nations. He shall enter into judgment with all flesh. The wrong He shall give to the sword,' declares YHWH."
Jer 25:32 Thus said YHWH of hosts, "See, evil is going forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind is raised up from the farthest parts of the earth.
Jer 25:33 "And in that day the slain of YHWH shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried, for they are dung on the face of the ground.
Jer 25:34 "Howl, you shepherds, and cry! And roll yourselves in the ashes, you leaders of the flock! For the days of your slaughter and your scatterings are completed, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
Jer 25:35 "And a place of refuge shall perish from the shepherds, and escape from the leaders of the flock.
Jer 25:36 "Hear the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the leaders of the flock, for YHWH is ravaging their pasture!
Jer 25:37 "And the pastures of peace shall be cut down because of the burning displeasure of YHWH.
Jer 25:38 "Like a lion He shall leave His hiding place, for their land shall become a waste because of the sword of oppressors, and because of His burning displeasure."