Luke’s Gospel ch17 vs11 -14.
Here we have but one day and one experience of the Person of
Christ.
Who is Jesus Christ? What do we know about Him?
When he walked this Earth people asked where He had come
from.
Sadly, many people today do not want to know anything about
Him and only use His Name as a swear word.
Reader, what do YOU think of Jesus Christ? Who do YOU say
that He is?
His Name and Person is unique! He is completely unlike any
other person!
Although Jesus Christ was born of a virgin in Bethlehem , it was not His
beginning.
The Word of God explains to us that He always was!
“But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among
the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to
be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth
have been from of old, from everlasting”.
- Micah ch5 vs2.
“All things were made by him; and without him was not any
thing made that was made”
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we
beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth.
- John’s Gospel ch1 vs3 & 14.
Fully God, yet fully Man – the only perfect Man!
We are all tarnished by our sins, but the Eternal Son of God
was holy, pure, undefiled and separate from sinners.
Though Jesus Christ left the heights of glory, He came to
this Earth in humble fashion – born in a stable, living in the despised Nazareth , and working as a
carpenter.
However, in His ministry He performed many miracles, proving
who He was and where He had come from.
“And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the
which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world
itself could not contain the books that should be written”.
- John’s Gospel ch21 vs25.
The life of The Lord Jesus Christ was ever heading towards
His one purpose – He was going to Jerusalem
to lay down His life as a sinless sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. He
set His face as a flint! (Isaiah ch50 vs7)
Dear friend that includes you and me, praise His Name!
There was absolutely no other way that we could be forgiven
for our sins.
No amount of good works or anything else could ever save us
from being rightly judged and condemned to an eternal Hell.
But the most wonderful truth is that this Man loved us all
so much He was able and willing to have all our sins placed upon Him and face
the wrath of His Holy Father in Heaven.
God had to become flesh in order to bleed and die - for you
and I friend!
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life”.
- John’s Gospel ch3 vs16.
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we
were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his
blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!”
- Romans ch5 vs8 -9.
What will YOU do with this Man?
What is your opinion of Jesus Christ?
Is your heart not touched by His most wonderful love, grace
and mercy for you?
Where you will spend Eternity – Heaven or Hell – depends on
your personal answer.
“ … but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to
put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And it is appointed unto men once to
die, but after this the judgement: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins
of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time
without sin unto salvation”
- Hebrews ch9 vs26 -28.
The ten lepers in our reading tonight would love to have
drawn near to The Lord Jesus Christ, but because their condition was highly contagious
they were outcasts from society.
Their condition could not be ignored, and this is exactly
the same of ourselves and our sin problem.
Leprosy brought death – and so do our sins!
“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust,
and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin when
it is finished, bringeth forth death”.
- James ch1 vs14 – 15.
We are all separated from God because of our sin.
These ten lepers were really fed up and badly wanted help.
They were unable to help themselves in any way, but knew that The Man in front
of them most definitely could!
No priest or doctor could heal them, but The Lord Jesus
Christ is unlike any other – He is God in the flesh!
Likewise, Jesus Christ alone is able to cleanse us from our
sins and their eternal consequences.
At Calvary ’s Cross over
2000 years ago, He took all our sins and guilt upon Himself.
“For Christ also hath suffered once for sins, the just for
the unjust, that he might bring us to God … “.
- 1st Peter ch3 vs18.
Friend, He endured such agony to bear our judgement, taking
God’s full wrath.
Shortly before He went to The Cross, Jesus Christ was so
troubled knowing exactly what laid ahead in being made our sin, that His sweat
was like great drops of blood falling down to the ground
(see Luke’s Gospel
ch22 vs39 – 46).
What love He has for you and me!
Leaving the heights of glory and peace to come right down to
a cruel Cross.
Receiving mocking, spitting and hatred without having done
one thing wrong.
Jesus Christ fulfilled God’s plan for our Salvation – to all
who will accept Him we are no longer condemned to an eternal Hell separated
from God … SAVED!!
Will you accept this most loving Man Jesus Christ as your
Saviour?
No need to stand afar off like the lepers – He waits with
outstretched open arms for you to come to Him in faith and in repentance of
your old sinful way of life.
Simply ask His forgiveness tonight and be saved for eternal
life in Heaven.
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