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There
Was a Man
More
than nineteen hundred years ago there was a Man born contrary to the
laws
of life. This Man lived in poverty and was reared in obscurity. He did not
travel extensively. Only once did He cross the boundary of the country in
which he lived;
that was during His exile in childhood.
He
possessed neither wealth nor influence. His relatives were inconspicuous,
un-influential, and had neither training nor education. In infancy He
startled a king; in childhood He puzzled the doctors; in manhood He ruled
the course of nature, walked upon billows as if pavements, and hushed the
sea to sleep. He healed the multitudes without medicine and made no charge
for His service. He never wrote a book, yet all
the libraries of the country could not hold the books that have been
written about Him.
He
never wrote a song, and yet He has furnished the theme for more songs than
all the song writers combined. He
never founded a college, but all the schools put together cannot boast of
having as many students. He
never practiced medicine,
and yet He has healed more broken hearts that all the doctors far and
near. He never marshaled an
army, nor drafted a soldier, nor fired a gun, and yet no leader ever had
more volunteers who have, under His orders, made more rebels stack arms
and surrender without a shot being fired.
The
names of the past proud statesmen of
Greece
and
Rome
have come and gone;
but the name of this Man abounds more and more. Though time has spread almost
two thousand years between the people of this generation and the
scene of His crucifixion... HE STILL LIVES!
Herod could not KILL Him, Satan could not SEDUCE Him, death could not
DESTROY Him, and the grave could not HOLD Him! He stands forth upon
the highest pinnacle of heavenly glory, proclaimed of God, acknowledged by
angels, adored by saints, feared by demons, as the living, personal
Christ, our Lord and Savior.*
"Truly
this Man (JESUS)
was – and IS
– the Son of God!"
"For
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John
3:16). "For when we were
still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For
scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man
someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward
us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans
5:6-8). Christ died on the
cross for our sins, and His blood will cover our sins if we will believe
and trust Him (Acts 16:31), repent
of our sins (Acts 17:30-31), confess
His deity before others (Romans 10:9-10), be baptized
(immersed) in His name, and follow Him for the rest of our lives (1 John
1:7).
There
was a Man
–
He IS
Savior and Lord. Will YOU
trust and obey Him?
God bless you!
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
*
credited to James Allan Francis
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