“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.” 1 John 4:14, today’s Bible Text.

The last Clause of that verse just freely flows off my lips! “The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”

I believe that with all my heart.

These words are precious to me for several reasons. Just the “Truth” they speak being primary.

I know that Son!

I know that Father!

Pesonally!

I am saved eternally and going to Heaven because of the Fact embedded in that Clause! Jesus (the Son) is my Saviour! I have been born-again, washed in the Blood, redeemed! (By Grace through Faith!)

Hallelujah!

But here’s another reason the Text is so precious to me today. I remember (like it was yesterday) teaching those words to my Son Joel when he was a little boy. It was part of his Bible Memory in the children’s program at Church. (He was such a sweet little boy.)

Joel grew up to be a Christian young man, whom God called to preach. Who pastored a little Baptist Church for years and years. Then, unexpectedly, he died earlier this year (April 15) … my heart is still broken! I’m crying as I type these words, in fact.

But what I can “hear” him saying in my memory this morning … “THE FATHER SENT THE SON TO BE THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD” … Joel more vividly knows to be a Truth today than ever before! He has met that Father! And hugged that Son! And strolled all over that Heavenly Home!

He learned it here as a little boy … He lives it now up there in Glory!

“The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”

Thank you dear God for the 48 years we had together. And for the eternity that lies ahead … because “Thou didst send Thy Son!”

I must quit for this morning.

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

Be sure you know that verse, not just by memory but experientially … “The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”

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