Savior and Standard

Jesus Is Our Savior

This early hymn provides key doctrinal confessions regarding Jesus:

• Jesus is eternal.
  • Jesus was never Plan B presented in the New Testament, but He has always been Plan A existing eternally.
• Jesus was born.
  • Jesus didn’t surrender His deity; He relinquished His privileges.
• Jesus was crucified.
  • No one could have defeated Jesus on the cross because He humbled Himself to go there intentionally.
• Jesus was resurrected.
  • The resurrection of the Christ was the reversal of the Garden.
• Jesus has ascended.
  • Jesus’ lordship is not dependent upon anyone’s acceptance over it.

Jesus Is Our Standard

Christ’s example provides key ethical considerations regarding our lives:

• We are not eternal.
  • While we do not exist eternity back, we will live somewhere forever based on how we respond to Jesus.
• We must be reborn.
  • Our sins caused spiritual death, but Christ’s sacrifice can give us life.
• We must crucify ourselves to this world.
  • Following Jesus cannot be spent pursuing things for which Christ had to die.
• We are resurrected to a new way of living.
  • You will never out-humble Christ, so no opportunity to serve should ever be beneath you.
• We will be exalted.
  • The prideful in life will be humbled at death, but the humble in life will be exalted at death.