“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?
