In His Name Devotionals
THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST
In His Name Devotionals
THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST
“Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village, and that a despised one. He worked in a carpenter shop until he was 30, and for three years, He was an itinerant preacher. He never held an office, He never owned a house. He never wrote a book, He never went to college. He never put His foot inside a big city. He never traveled 200 miles from the place where He was born. He had no credentials but Himself. While He was a young man, the tide of public opinion turned against Him. His friends ran away. One of them betrayed Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property he had on earth, and that was a seamless robe. When He was dead, He was laid in a private grave through the pity of a friend. Nineteen wide centuries have come and gone, and today He is the masterpiece of the human race and the leader of all progress. I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that were ever built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as that One Solitary Life” (Writer Unknown).
“Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three, One lived and died for self; one died for you and me. The Greek died on a throne; the Jew died on a cross; One’s life a triumph seemed; the other but a loss. One led vast armies forth; the other walked alone; One shed a whole world’s blood; the other gave His own. One won the world in life and lost it all in death; The other lost His life to win the whole world’s faith. Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three, One died in Babylon; and one on Calvary. One gained all for self; and one Himself He gave. One conquered every throne; the other every grave. The one made himself God; the God made Himself less; The one lived but to blast, the other but to bless. When died the Greek, forever fell his throne of swords; But Jesus died to live forever Lord of lords. Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three, The Greek made all men slaves; the Jew made all men free. One built a throne on blood; the other on love, The one was born of earth; the other from above; One won all this earth, to lose all earth and heaven; The other gave up all, that all to Him be given. The Greek forever died; the Jew forever lives. He loses all who gets, and wins all things who gives.” (Charles Ross Weede)
