January 23
Jesus came to earth to live the perfect life we are incapable of living and to die in our place as the penalty for our failure to do so. Even His fiercest critics could find no fault in Him. The best with which they could accuse Him at His trial was that He called Himself the Son of God, making Himself equal with God.
We would hardly blink at such an assertion today. There are rock stars, sports heroes and entertainment personalities whose lives reflect the essence of deity that we have conferred upon them. The enormous amounts of money they make and the influence they wield in every area from diet to politics evidences the fact that we hold them in great esteem.
Yet, if we scrutinize their lives, we discover that they are flawed vessels just as we are. We have conferred upon them great wealth and power but the bottom line is that they have ‘warts’ just as we do. They live personal lives that are often irresponsible at best and violent at worst. They lie to those with whom they are intimate and the façade they carry—their public persona—lies to us.
Jesus, on the other hand, the perfect Man whose very name is above all names walked always in integrity. He never sought the limelight. He desired only to glorify the Father with Whom He was One. He said of Himself in John 6:47, “I tell you the truth, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.” Because He walked in truth and honor, we may trust the integrity of that life-transforming promise.
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