Jesus Saves (Present Tense)
If Jesus were not actively interceding for us, our salvation would be impossible.
Eastertide closes this week with Luke’s account of Jesus ascending bodily into heaven.
To do what?
The church father Gregory of Nazianzus preached, “Even at this moment, as a human being, Jesus is making intercession for my salvation, for he continues to wear the body that he assumed.”
Despite what Christ declares from his cross, it is not finished.
His work is not done.
His work is perpetual.
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