As he was heading for the train on his way to work, the first thing Eddie heard was people frantically yelling that a woman had slipped and fallen onto the train tracks and the train was coming! He quickly moved down the platform to where the crowd was gathered and wondering what to do. Some of the people were yelling to the woman, “You gotta get up! You gotta get up!” But she had hit her head, and she was struggling to get up on her feet.
When Eddie saw the headlight of the oncoming train, he made a quick decision. He was wearing an orange sweatshirt and hoped that waving his orange arms would catch the train engineer’s attention. He jumped down onto the tracks and stood between the train and the woman and began waving his arms above his head.
Eddie was in a very dangerous spot. If the engineer didn’t see him, he would get hit by the train and could lose his life and the woman could be killed too. He was taking a great risk in trying to save the woman’s life by putting his own life in danger!
Someone who saves another person’s life is called a saviour. Maybe some of you boys and girls already know about a very special Saviour who willingly died to save people from the oncoming judgment train for their sins. Do you know who He is? This Bible verse tells us: “Our Saviour Jesus Christ who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem [save] us from all iniquity [our sins]” (Titus 2:13-1413Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:13‑14)). Is He your Saviour? He is if you have trusted Him to save you from your sins.
As Eddie waved his arms to get the engineer’s attention, he saw that the train was beginning to slow down. But was the train slowing down because it was coming into the station or because he saw Eddie on the tracks?
To everyone’s relief, the train slowed to a stop about 20 feet in front of Eddie. He turned and saw that the woman had gotten onto her feet and walked back close to the platform where some of the bystanders pulled her up. An ambulance took her to the hospital where they took care of her bleeding head wound.
Eddie was her saviour, and the news reports called him a “hero.” We don’t even want to think about what would have happened if he hadn’t decided to jump down onto the tracks and wave his arms so the engineer would stop the train.
There is another Saviour that we want you to know about if you don’t already know Him. The Lord Jesus Christ and God His Father both love sinners very, very much and want to share heaven with us. But it is our sins that will keep us out of heaven, because God is holy and cannot have any sin in heaven. However, together they made a very costly plan to save sinners.
The Lord Jesus told God His Father that He would willingly be the Saviour for sinners. He knew it was going to cost Him His life. He went to Calvary’s cross and bore the punishment for the sins of any sinner who will believe and place his or her trust in Him as Saviour. He gave up His life so that sinners could be saved from the punishment they deserve for their sins.
Because of His great love for you, Jesus wants to be your Saviour. Will you trust Him?
ML-07/20/2014