Where Do I Go To Find a Hero?

I heard a man called a "hero" the other day because he came out and explained to the world that he was gay.  Really?  Have we really taken the word "hero" down to that level?  When I was growing up, a hero was someone who saved lives, even if it cost him his.  An airplane pilot who does everything in his power to save his crew and his passengers at the risk of his own life has the right to be called a hero.  A soldier who risks his own life trying to save his fellow soldiers could be called a hero.  A fireman who runs in to a burning building that will soon collapse so he can save the children inside has earned the right to be called a hero.  But the word has certainly been brought to a new low in the last couple of weeks.

The greatest hero that has ever walked the earth was Jesus Christ.  He never sinned, yet He took upon Himself all of the punishment that we deserved for all of the sin in our life.  He did not lash out at His accusers, but instead loved them right to the point of death; the death they orchestrated.  He chose to do this for you and for me.  He was brutally beaten, treated worse than a criminal, and mocked by those He came to save.  He didn't have to come, but He fulfilled the plan of the Father to redeem us back to God.  He left heaven where He had always been and came to this place of sinful wicked people who didn't deserve what He would do for them.  Now that, my friends, is a hero.  He ran to me and saved me from eternal hell so that I could be in relationship with Him for eternity.  I deserved to burn, but He loved me too much to leave me there.  That's MY hero.  That's my KING.  He knew my sin and loved me anyway.  Oh, by the way, He did the same for you.  He wants to restore you to God, but you must die to your own desires and living your life your own way and turn to this HERO, this KING, this Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.  He is ready to receive you if you will turn your life over to Him.   "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord', and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."  Romans 10:9

I think the lyrics to the song "Hero" by Abandon say it all:

And there He goes, a Hero, a Savior to the world
Here He stands with scars in His hands
With love He gave His life so we could be free
The Savior of the world

It's my prayer that you will follow THIS Hero.