April 3
Jesus is all that God is. Jesus is God. This is stated unequivocally by the ‘Beloved Apostle’ in the first verse of his gospel. John 1:1 says clearly, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” John goes on to say in verse three, “All things were made by Him and without Him, nothing was made.”
His ministry graphically conveyed His nature. The words He spoke, the miracles He performed, the love He conveyed all testified to the power that was resident within Him, yet Jesus embodied His incomparable might within the accouterments of humility and grace. He who is Lord of all never ‘lorded it over’ others.
The gentle spirit of Jesus put the masses at ease. Though they stood in the presence of the progenitor of the universe, they had no hesitation to speak their needs and their hearts’ desires before Him. He conveyed to them His deep compassion for them and His great desire to supply their needs. Yet in one matter Jesus was adamant. In Mark 16:16 He states emphatically, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
In our day of political correctness, many are willing to compromise the truth that there is just one path to salvation, but Jesus is not among them! Because He loves us with an unchanging love, because He knows the consequence if we turn away, because He has paid the price for all the sins of all men, He desires that all men fully embrace the only way of salvation—Himself. If the One who is the embodiment of God has shown us the path of life, should we not walk that path with Him?
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