Men’s Frailty and God’s Salvation, 3/6/2005
- Sometimes when we say someone is great, we put the emphasis on what someone did. But here, I say Jesus is great, He is great because of what He did not do. Here is one who resisted the offer of the whole world!
- Sometimes when we suffer, we complain to God and tell God that He cannot and does not understand. After all He is so strong and so powerful and can never know weakness or suffering, so how can He understand our suffering? But then, one day, unimaginable, God came as a man. A man, just like you and me. A man with all human frailty. A man who was born in a lowly manger, lived a humble life, knew everything about pain and suffering, (The Bible told us that he could be hungry, thirsty, and sad) John, one of His disciples said, “We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, full of grace and truth.”
- This person, if there be anyone who is qualified to be our judge, He is. But does He come to judge us? NO. The Bible told us that He came as our high priest, as One of us, so that He can become our redeemer.
- He came not seeking material wealth, nor worldly fame, nor worldly power. He came to seek and save that which is lost. When He walked on the earth, the Bible said of Him that “He did not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.” (Sometimes we feel like a bruised reed, or a smoldering wick, but remember this, others may forsake you, but Jesus never.) In fact, He came for the sick, for the lost, for the weak, for the fragile ones like us. And at the end of His ministry, He gave up His life for all of us.
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