WHY COME TO EARTH
THE ONLY WAY GOD COULD GET THRU TO MAN !!
Paul Harvey tells a modern parable about a religious skeptic who worked as a farmer. One cold winter night the man heard an irregular thumping sound against the kitchen storm door. He went to a window and watched as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the evident warmth inside, beat in vain against the glass.
Touched, the farmer bundled up and trudged through fresh snow to open the barn door for the struggling birds. He turned on the lights and tossed some hay in a corner. But the sparrows, which had scattered in all directions when he emerged from the house, hid in the darkness afraid.
The man tried various tactics to get them into the barn. He laid down a trail of bread crumbs to direct them. He tried circling behind the birds to drive them towards the barn. Nothing worked. He, a huge alien creature, had terrified them; the birds could'nt comprehend that he actually desired to help them.
The farmer withdrew to the house and watched the doomed sparrows through the window, as he stared, a thought hit him like lightning from a clear blue sky; if I could only become a bird-one of them- just for a moment. I wouldn't frighten them so..then I could show them the way to warmth and safety.
At that same moment, another thought dawned on him. He had grasped the reason JESUS was born.
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Today we are going to look at the person JESUS, we now know why he had to come to this earth and be one of us even though being who he was, he could have come in all splendour and show. BUT he came instead as he did. I suggest you read the recommended scripture in order to follow correctly.
Jesus lowly birth....was to fullfill prophecy that he would be born of the line of David. Mathew 1:1-16
His child hood was very normal, and he probably helped his earthly father Joseph at carpentry.
Upon attaining manhood im sure Mary and Joseph fullfilled all the traditions of that day and age ... Luke2:21-39
Jesus starts out his mission early, at the age of 12 in the temple. Luke2:49
We dont know what God looks likes as a man, but in Mark we get a picture of His humanity, Jesus who claimed to be God did not have a 'supernatural' glow about him. When we read thru Mark we see the power behind the man Jesus in the simplest of forms, he heals the blind with a simple touch Mark8:25 and the authority of a teacher so captivating that people sat 3 days straight, with empty stomachs, just to hear him [chap8:2] then we see an emotional Jesus in chap1:41 then a deep sigh in response to nagging pharasees[8:12] a look of distress at cold hearted legalists[3:5] and finally an awfull cry from the Cross"My God my God why has't thou forsaken me?" [15:34]
Jesus was sometimes witty and he sometimes cried. He got tired; five times Mark records, he sought a quiet place to rest away from the crowds.
Jesus was like no other person who ever lived. He was fully like one of us. He needed food and friends, He got lonely and tired. He showed anger and disappointment. Jesus experienced all we experience as human beings, he can understand us completely and share in our joys and sorrows.
He lived, died, and rose again to complete the perfect plan of God for our salvation.
Friends if you have read the parts of the scriptures given here I want to end with a question for you.
What does JESUS mean to you and why ?
Pray you are blessed as I was blessed putting this together.
Grace n Peace be yours all thru the coming week and always
Till next time
Pauline R
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