The LORD JESUS Christ be magnified for ever and ever!

“WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS?”

(Matthew 8:27, KJV) 

 

ALL religious reformers and messiahs come to live; Christ came to die.

 

ALL others leave monuments and memorials: no one can find His birthplace, grave, nor one possession.

 

ALL others write diaries and memoirs; He wrote on the sand.

     

ALL others choose their followers from the rich, powerful, and influential; He chose the poor and needy.

     

ALL others praise human righteousness; He condemned it.

     

ALL others seek those who can help them; He sought those whom He could help.

     

ALL others promise success and happiness to their followers; He promised tribulation and suffering.

     

ALL others held their disciples with fear and force; He invited His to leave Him if they would.

     

ALL others have palaces, mansions, and headquarters; He had no place to lay His head.

     

ALL others reward the most talented with recognition, titles, and honor; He said, “The least should be the greatest.”

     

ALL others say, “Follow me; I will show you the way;” He said, “Come to me, I AM THE WAY.”

     

ALL others claim to be the messengers of God; He said, “HE THAT HATH SEEN ME HATH SEEN GOD.”

     

ALL others stay dead; He arose; and all of His claims, works, and promises are true because God raised Him from the dead.

                                                                                                                                   

--preacher Henry Mahan