Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Jesus The Christ

 “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.” – Mark 6:3

 

Jesus was and forever will be the only Son of God.  The scripture tells us that he willingly left heaven and was “made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”  He was/is the redeeming emissary, the son of man, the Son of God.  This we must believe to be saved.

I know it’s painfully obvious, but Jesus was a man.  There was a Jesus of Nazareth.  He walked this earth.  He had a home, a mother, a father, brothers, sisters, and cousins.  He knew hunger, cold, exhaustion, and pain.  He was a man.  A human being, much like you and me.  There is no question about this.  It takes nothing to believe this and thousands of years later many still look on Jesus as the Jews of Mark chapter six did.  “Is not this the carpenter?”  As if to say: we know this man, we know his family, his background, and he is just another man.  It means nothing to believe in Jesus as you would believe in another man.  We believe men can heal our hurts, we believe men can help our marriages, we believe men can help us to be happy, rich, safe, and prosperous.  We trust in man for practically everything in our life, but not our sin.  What man can you call today to cleanse the wickedness within?  What man can you look to who will banish the lostness, and loneliness you feel?    Who can rid you of the guilt and dark passions that linger in your heart?  If you see Jesus as just another man, your unbelief shackles Him.  It keeps Christ from doing miraculous things in your life.  We cannot look to Jesus as we would a doctor or psychiatrist; with this mentality of “you fix me, and I pay you.”  Jesus Christ is not just “another man”, he doesn’t want money or token sacrifices.  There is no amount of tribute that can be paid to call down His power.  It is not barter; it is faith.  Faith that brings the power of Jesus Christ to save.  It is God’s grace that allows us to approach the throne.  You must believe that Jesus is the Son of God, have faith, and follow Him.    

When you believe that he is the Son of God, the bread of life, the living water, the resurrection, the truth, the King of Kings; when you truly believe this, all things are possible.  There is no hurt that Jesus cannot heal and no sin that Jesus cannot cleanse.  The power of Jesus Christ in our lives is limited only by our belief, and our trust in him.  When you view Jesus as just another man, he can only be that for you.  Only when you believe that he is the Christ, the Son of the living God can you be saved.  The question is who do you say the Son of Man is?  Do you believe he is Jesus the man or Jesus the Christ?

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