Jesus was a preacher from Galilee, a simple man with a simple message, and all of his sermons were new, fresh, unscripted, and a delight to the ears of people.
He didn't hang out with the religious crowd, and his best friends caught fish for a living!
People called him Rabbi even though he never wore a Rabbi's robe.
He went to the people instead of waiting for people to come to him.
He never commanded nor demanded people to bow at his feet, nor to kiss his ring.
Jesus was different. He was not a friend of the priestly class, and neither was he a friend of Rome.
He demonstrated his concern and love for people, he never asked them for their money, and by his example of kindness, the people loved him---while the religious crowd in Jerusalem wanted him dead.
Dead?
Even Pontius Pilate rejected to the idea of killing Jesus when he said,
Why, what evil hath he done?
But kill him they did---not because he had done anything wrong, but for who he is.
For two thousand years, the story of Jesus has never changed, and people all over the world have come to love him by coming to know him---a simple man with a simple message.
And all of his sermons are still new, still fresh, still unscripted and still a delight to our ears, as if we are hearing him preach for the first time: from a man who never wore a Rabbi's robe.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and for ever. (Hebrews 13: 8)
He didn't hang out with the religious crowd, and his best friends caught fish for a living!
People called him Rabbi even though he never wore a Rabbi's robe.
He went to the people instead of waiting for people to come to him.
He never commanded nor demanded people to bow at his feet, nor to kiss his ring.
Jesus was different. He was not a friend of the priestly class, and neither was he a friend of Rome.
He demonstrated his concern and love for people, he never asked them for their money, and by his example of kindness, the people loved him---while the religious crowd in Jerusalem wanted him dead.
Dead?
Even Pontius Pilate rejected to the idea of killing Jesus when he said,
Why, what evil hath he done?
But kill him they did---not because he had done anything wrong, but for who he is.
For two thousand years, the story of Jesus has never changed, and people all over the world have come to love him by coming to know him---a simple man with a simple message.
And all of his sermons are still new, still fresh, still unscripted and still a delight to our ears, as if we are hearing him preach for the first time: from a man who never wore a Rabbi's robe.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and for ever. (Hebrews 13: 8)
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