Whom Say Ye That He Is?
W HAT think ye o f Christ—whose Son is H e?” (Matt. 22:42). Jesus Christ Himself put this question. Its answer set tles all questions o f religion so far as God and His Word are concerned. Whatever one thinks, they must make Him out to be one of four things: Demon Possessed, John ,8:48. ' Deceived, John 8:49-50. Demented, Mark 3:21.. DEITY, Matt. 16:16. Have you answered the question ? iy Says oiie, “Jesus was a man so good that his deluded followers took him for a' god.” What a display of intellectuality! The common folks of our Lord’s day were sensible enough to see that ■Jesus -Christ could not- be a “good man” if He were not what He claimed to be.' Some said, “He is a good man; others said, nay, for he deceiveth the people” (John 7:12). They killed Him because of the stupendous claims He made as to His own person. They said, “ Being, a man, he mqde himself God” (John 10:33). ' Let all who say; he is merely “a good man—the flower o f humanity—the ideal martyr,” reckon themselves among His murderers, for they believed the same. “What manner of , MAN is, this?” He claimed to be the giver o f life by believ ing on his name. There are men today who teach salvation by believing on His name, yet deny His Deify; E&TKisS necessitates Deity. If he is mere man, a -finite being, to teach salvation by believing on Him is not. only foolishness and idolatry, ( but IMPOSSIBLE. But have men ever expe rienced new * life by believing on His
name? YES—MILLIONS have been trans formed, made new creatures, filled with eternal hopes. His Deity is demonstrated. He must be “God manifest in the flesh.” “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” Two thousand years of His saving power in the lives of thosè who have tested Him are open for investigation. Can one reject His Deity in the face o f such facts and expect more mercy at His Judgment Bar' than His murderers who rejected it? - Is it hard to believe that,Jesus is the Christ, the,,Son of-G od? Far greater is the difficulty in the way- of receiving His Deity, for mere man could not have spoken those living words: could n o t1 have performed those wondrous works; could not have lived that life; could not be the giver 'of iristantaheous life to the hopeless ; ’ even to this present hour. Think it over. Make Him your Saviour. The God of Elijah, , God adds this man’s name to His?own and is not ashamed of it, because of his ■consecration and devotion to the cause of God. Jehovah is pleased to-surname Him self after him. So is it with other men— men like Abraham, Daniel, the three Hebrew children. So may it be with any o f us here.. If we will be what these men were, consecrated, dedicated, given up to God’s service, we, too, may expect that God will call Himself aftqr us. This is the teaching o f Heb. 11:13-16. He is not ashamed, to be surnamed after them. ■ — ; ,
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