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by ROBERT BOYD MUNGER
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I ■n a remote province of Galilee at the high point of Roman power, there appeared a man dressed in peasant garb, with the ‘ calloused hands of a laborer, Who awak ened unprecedented interest by His astonishing words and works. He was a young man of about 30 years of age. He had only the ele mentary school of the village synagogue. He had no political or financial backing. His itinerant ministry of teaching and healing was of short duration — about three years — then He was crucified at the hands of the religious and political authorities who feared His grow ing popularity. Rather than scattering His following, His death was followed by a move ment of revolutionary impact and power. The
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effects of that spiritual explosion remain a major factor in the world today, the strongest influence for good and for God the world knows. What do we think of this man Jesus? If He is not the Son of God and Saviour of man kind, then let us get down to the bitter busi ness of adjusting to a grim and hopeless world. If He is, then let us give Him the full measure of our loyalty and love. I believe He is indeed the incarnate Lord of glory. I would direct your thought to just one area of evidence — what Jesus thought and said of Himself. He said things about Himself that no other man has ever dared to say. He made amazing, astounding claims to unique Being and abso- CONTINUED
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