TODAY’S WORD FOR THURSDAY JUNE 16, 2016.
UNIQUENESS
Being the only one of its kind; unusual; rare.
The officers answered, No man ever spoke like this man. John 7:46
At the end of the third year of Christ's ministry on this earth, the chief priests and Pharisees sent their soldiers to arrest Jesus, but they came back empty handed. Their testimony (the verse above) showed that they had been emotionally, morally and spiritually stunned. Upon hearing Christ for themselves and being overpowered by His words and His ethical fortitude, such an awe of Him was felt that they could not bring themselves to apprehend Him, either as a common criminal or a false Messiah.
These men recognized the uniqueness of Jesus. He possessed qualities of moral integrity and divine righteousness that marked Him as different then all men. They had no doubt that He was different from the Rabbis and indeed a prophet sent from God. His claims went beyond those made by any Rabbi, His teachings are filled with truth and godliness and His compassion was genuine. He was a man of miracles, His prayer life was quiet and He was meek and not boastful.
Yes, Jesus was unique. He was unique in just who He was. He was God. He was unique in His birth. He was born of a virgin. He was unique in His ministry. His understanding of the law, even at twelve years old, astonished the Rabbi's because He taught as one having authority. He was the greatest teacher that ever lived, performed the mightiest of miracles, and a friend of sinners.
No man whether a prophet, a teacher, a preacher or a leader has been as unique as Jesus and “no man has ever spoke like Jesus”.
He was unique in His death because He died voluntarily for His peoples sins. He was unique in His resurrection just as He had prophesied and as the prophets in the Old Testament had prophesied before him. He was unique at His ascension returning in the air to His father and commanded His disciples to be witnesses of Him to the uttermost parts of the world. And finally He will be unique in His second coming when He returns to this earth and takes His believers to be with Him for an eternity.
We are unique in God's sight. Each one of us was created by God and is unique in our own way. We are all born as sinners because of the sin of Adam and Eve and we have a choice to follow Jesus or to follow our own sinful ways. God has available to each of us that believe on His name a unique place in this world. He has given each of us talents that fit just us. He has offered us a life that is full of joy, just for the asking and a life in heaven for eternity if we become one of His children.
Our uniqueness can be modeled after Jesus. We need to be emotionally, morally and spiritually sound so that we can be the witnesses of Jesus that He expects us to be.
Our memory verse for this week is found in Mark 11:24.
Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Thank You for giving me the unique opportunity to know You as my Savior and help me to be more like You every day. Give me and my family the emotional, moral and spiritual fortitude to be the witness that You expect of us.
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