Good morning. It's Tuesday and we are gathered here to learn more about Jesus! Pretend for a moment that you are a secular learner. How do we simplify Jesus into someone that we can better understand? One thing that we can do is pretend that he was just another of the prophets. This is what the Islamists do. Another is to make him simply human by finding things to support that choice. We have seen attempts to place Jesus' grave in India, in a box found in an antique shop, and in plots carried out to hide the "truth". A third is to study him as a historical figure with the cold eye of modern science as a shield to belief. I say "modern" science because we know that many of the great scientists of the past were in fact Christians. Perhaps the most common, and most tragic, is to simply ignore him and sink yourself into the secular world. All of these methods have been tried and are being used by those who prefer not to believe. In intellectual circles they congratulate themselves and each other on their reasonable thinking, on cold intellect and human learning, and they get together to scorn believers and build up their own opinion of themselves thereby.
So with all of this opposition, why do we believe in Jesus as the living Son of God? Whatever gifts God has given to us, we believe in our Lord Jesus. In spite of tortures or tales of such activities, we do not renounce our faith. So what would be the cause of such a thing as this? One thing we know from the wisdom of the Holy Spirit... it isn't our own strength that causes this. In realizing how weak each of us truly is in this world, we become strong in Jesus. In realizing how sinful our flesh is, we become righteous in Christ. Everything we believe is at odds with the learning and wisdom of the world. We believed when Jesus found us and saved us from the world. A choice, free of all strings and simple in the making. Some have discovered it after a lifetime of intellectual pursuit, others have discovered the truth in their own simple way. However, the choice remains simple, believe in Jesus or don't. After we make the choice, all reasons and evidence fall into place. When we believe in Jesus, His miracles become true tales of His wonderful power to heal. When we believe the stories of His command over nature become examples of His sovereign will. Believing makes His sacrifice worth the price He paid. Believing makes faith in the one true God perfectly sensible and reasonable. Believing allows us to question God and His ways, and then to listen and search for the answers in His Holy Word. Believing in Jesus allows us to truly grow in love for our Abba Father, our Lord Jesus, and for each other. Why do we believe? Because He loved us enough to die to pay for our sins, and rose again to show His victory over death.
You have faith in a strong God, live in Him!
Bucky
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