Post by Les Brewer on Nov 4, 2012 13:31:22 GMT
Ccm Apologist
A simple statement made by a humble carpenter nearly two thousand years ago,has had more of an effect on the whole of humanity than any other person in history. You've probably guessed that I'm speaking of Jesus Christ,the One who laid claim to being the Only Begotten Son of God....The simple statement that He made,has had an effect on people ever since....Some love and adore Him with wholehearted devotion and worship.....others,on the other hand,hate Him with such hatred as to beggar description,so much so,that they put Him to being openly mocked,spit on,beaten,flogged so severely ,that His intestines were visible through the rivulets of flesh that hung off His back.As if to add insult to injury,they placed on Him,after the flogging,a purple robe which soaked up the blood coming from His back.
Of course,after the blood clotted and stuck to the robe,the Roman soldiers ripped it off His back,inflicting even more pain,laid Him on a cross beam beam called a patibulum,and nailed His hands through the wrists,to this rugged piece of rough hewn timber.Once secured to this crossbeam,He was lifted up,and the crossbeam was lowered down onto the stype,which was the upright post permanently secured in the ground for such procedures as Roman crucifixion,the often used form of the execution of common criminals. All of this was done to this humble Carpenter,because of this one simple statement that He made.All the while this terrible torture and execution was being carried out,He never uttered a single word,except in the last 7 sayings of Jesus Christ recorded in the Gospels.
So,what was this simple,yet profound statement that He made that was so terrible that people even to this day hate with a passion,just as assuredly as those who executed Him did those many years ago....You can find it in the gospel of John 14:6,which says,"I am the Way,the Truth,and the Life;no man comes to the Father except through Me!"
One thing is for certain...This one statement from the lips of Jesus Christ has stirred more controversy than just about any other statement that He ever made.It is the dividing line between truth and error...After many years of thought,there really are only three possible conclusions one can make,regarding His statement,they are:
1.) He was insane
2.) He was a liar
3.) He was in fact,the Son of God sent by the Father to pay the price for man's
salvation.
My friends the choice of these three,is in your court.
Let's open up this post with thought provoking dialogue. Thank you,and God bless.
A simple statement made by a humble carpenter nearly two thousand years ago,has had more of an effect on the whole of humanity than any other person in history. You've probably guessed that I'm speaking of Jesus Christ,the One who laid claim to being the Only Begotten Son of God....The simple statement that He made,has had an effect on people ever since....Some love and adore Him with wholehearted devotion and worship.....others,on the other hand,hate Him with such hatred as to beggar description,so much so,that they put Him to being openly mocked,spit on,beaten,flogged so severely ,that His intestines were visible through the rivulets of flesh that hung off His back.As if to add insult to injury,they placed on Him,after the flogging,a purple robe which soaked up the blood coming from His back.
Of course,after the blood clotted and stuck to the robe,the Roman soldiers ripped it off His back,inflicting even more pain,laid Him on a cross beam beam called a patibulum,and nailed His hands through the wrists,to this rugged piece of rough hewn timber.Once secured to this crossbeam,He was lifted up,and the crossbeam was lowered down onto the stype,which was the upright post permanently secured in the ground for such procedures as Roman crucifixion,the often used form of the execution of common criminals. All of this was done to this humble Carpenter,because of this one simple statement that He made.All the while this terrible torture and execution was being carried out,He never uttered a single word,except in the last 7 sayings of Jesus Christ recorded in the Gospels.
So,what was this simple,yet profound statement that He made that was so terrible that people even to this day hate with a passion,just as assuredly as those who executed Him did those many years ago....You can find it in the gospel of John 14:6,which says,"I am the Way,the Truth,and the Life;no man comes to the Father except through Me!"
One thing is for certain...This one statement from the lips of Jesus Christ has stirred more controversy than just about any other statement that He ever made.It is the dividing line between truth and error...After many years of thought,there really are only three possible conclusions one can make,regarding His statement,they are:
1.) He was insane
2.) He was a liar
3.) He was in fact,the Son of God sent by the Father to pay the price for man's
salvation.
My friends the choice of these three,is in your court.
Let's open up this post with thought provoking dialogue. Thank you,and God bless.
