Who is this Jesus?
JESUS CHRIST, God's only
begotten Son, so loved us that He forsook Heaven for years, came down to this
Earth, being born of the Virgin Mary, living the holy life that He lived,
finally dying upon the Cross of Calvary, outside the walls of Jerusalem, we
might not perish but have EVERLASTING LIFE, if we would only believe in Him, and
receive Him as our Lord and Saviour (John 3:16).
JESUS came from the heights of glory - to
the depths of humiliation, from the very presence of Almighty God - to be born
in a manger and wrapped in swaddling clothes. He came from infinite riches - to
abject poverty; from a life with God and the angels -down to Earth to be spit
upon by man, then mocked, crowned with thorns and finally crucified on a cross
between two thieves - all because of His love for us. He was buried, but arose
from the dead on the third day, as He had foretold his disciples and as the
prophets of God had prophesied hundreds of years before.
AFTER His resurrection, He had an immortal body. He remained upon Earth for 40
days, being seen many times by His disciples, and at one time by over 500
people. After 40 days He ascended back into Heaven and was seated at the right
hand of God, from whence He shall soon come back to Earth again; this time, not
as the humble Nazarene, but as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to judge the
world in righteousness. "Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall
see Him, and they also which pierced Him, and all kindreds of the earth shall
wail because of Him." (Revelation 1.7)
JESUS was born contrary to the laws of
birth, died contrary to the laws of death, arose contrary to the laws of the
grave, ascended back to Heaven contrary to the laws of gravitation, and He is
soon coming back to Earth, contrary to the desires of Satan and sinners, to
establish His kingdom on Earth and to rule the nations with a rod of iron, as
King of Kings and Lord of Lords, in righteousness.
JESUS never wrote a book, but no library in
the world could hold the volumes of books that have been written about Him. He
never went to a Medical College, but He healed the multitudes, without medicine
and making no charges for His services. He was never a chef, but He fed over
5000 people with only five loaves and two fishes, and had twelve baskets full
left over. He never was a mortician, but He raised at least three the dead while
He was on Earth; He arose from the dead Himself, and soon coming when "all
that are in the graves shall hear His voice and shall come forth; they that have
done good unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil unto the
resurrection of damnation." (John 5:28-29).
JESUS never did marshal an army, draft a
soldier or fire a gun, but no military leader had ever had followers give him
such love and devotion, and voluntarily lay down their lives for his cause. Jesus
never became rich with this world's goods, (He was even buried in a borrowed
tomb) however He owns all the gold and silver in this world, and the cattle on a
thousand hills are His; all things having been created by Him. He left His
riches in Heaven and became poor, that we through his poverty might be made
rich.
THE SON OF GOD put on humanity that sons of men might put on divinity. The Son
of God became the Son of Man, that men might become sons of God. The Son of God
came from Heaven to Earth that sons of men might go from Earth to Heaven. The
Son of God suffered, bled and died upon the Cross, that sons of men might live;
that they might not perish but have everlasting life. What a WONDERFUL CHRIST!
What a WONDERFUL SAVIOUR!
It is AN ABSOLUTE TRUTH when we say that all the armies that have ever marched,
and all the navies that have ever been built, and all the Parliaments and
Congresses that have ever sat, and all the judges who have ever judged, and all
the statesmen who have ever spoken, and all the kings who ever reigned; all of
them put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as
powerfully as has Jesus Christ the Son of
God; our Lord, and our Saviour, our soon-coming King of Kings and Lord of Lords!