Obey the Call

He entered the human world 

    without the fertilization of a human father.
His birth was foretold by centuries-old prophecies 

    and angelic messengers.
He grew up among the poor and oppressed, 

    one day to challenge the rich and oppressors.
His powers healed and freed from demons, 

    His teaching lighted the spiritually blind.
He ruled over nature--even death!--with His word, 

    He resisted the very powers of hell.
His followers tried to crown Him their king, 

    His enemies’ attempts to smear Him all failed.
He claimed Heaven as His origin, God as His Father, 

    Himself as the only way to be saved.
His warnings threatened eternal torment, 

    His promises offered joys beyond hope or thought.
He told fallen women that faith had saved them, 

    He told pious men they must be re-born.
His fellow rabbis marveled yet resented His audacity, 

    kings and rulers feared His popularity.
He warned His disciples they must be ready to die, 

    and predicted his own death many times.
His entire life’s plan was to orchestrate His own sacrificial death 

    on a cross during Passover.
He entered Jerusalem as a King, cleansed its Temple as a Priest, 

    taught there as a Prophet.
His call rang out across and beyond the Holy Land, 

    so that even Gentiles were seeking Him.
He eluded arrest more than once, 

    then yielded to the mob after preparing His soul to die.
His trusted treasurer sold Him out, His best friend denied Him, 

    His closest followers fled.
He spoke the truth at His trial and it condemned Him, 

    His truth perplexed even Pontius Pilate.
His road to execution was pure torture, 

    His body and soul were bared and forsaken even by God.
He lived the only pure and perfect life ever lived, 

    so saintly and sinless even death released Him.
His agony on the cross bore the weight of man’s sin, 

    paying the debt we could never afford.
He came out of the tomb never to die again, 

    glorified by His Father, ready to take His Throne.
His disciples encountered Him numerous times after His death, 

    changing their lives forever.
He calls out still today by His followers, His word, His Spirit, 

    commanding repentance and faith.
His call is, “Come to Me. I am what you need. 

    I have what you need. Leave all else behind.”

Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Christ, Jesus Light of the World.

The greatest human being who ever lived was God Himself in human flesh. This God-man did nothing but good, spoke nothing but truth, offers nothing but the beauty of union with Him and His Father.

 
Jesus Christ is the worthiest human being in existence, now occupying the throne of the universe. He is also the most ignored, neglected, hated person in all creation. His followers must still be prepared to suffer, because in His own words, “Remember, they hated Me first.”

But the reason He came in the first place was to SAVE His Father’s enemies from their SIN. Our own human rebellion made this world a place of suffering. Right now, Christ is gathering a new humanity that will stand with Him against that rebellion until He comes back to make ALL things new!

Obey His call. Join with Jesus. Surrender, repent, believe, obey Him. 

The day He returns, my friend, it will be TOO LATE.

MNA
10/31/2020