The Wednesday Word ~ 14 August, 2024 A.D.
Who is He?
by D.G. Miles McKee
There’s a grand old hymn which, in reference to the Lord Jesus, asks the question “Who is He?” Let´s ask and answer a little about that question.
Who is He? ...He’s the One at whose birth the sky was filled with singing angels (Luke 2:13).
Who is He? He’s the One at whose infant feet wise men bowed in adoration and worship (Matthew 2:11).
Who is He? He’s the One who, when seen, caused John the Baptist to proclaim, “Behold the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).
Who is He? He’s the One at whose baptism the heavens were opened and on whom the Spirit of God descended in the form of a dove (Matthew 3: 16).
Who is He? He’s the One at whose word the storm became still, and there was a great calm (Mark 4:39).
Who is He? He’s the One that healed the sick with a word. He said to the man with a withered hand, “Stretch forth your hand,” and it was completely restored (Luke 5:12-13; 6:6-10).
Who is He? He’s the One who raised the daughter of Jairus, healed the centurion's servant, restored to life the son of the widow of Nain, cast out a legion of devils, gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and speech to the dumb? (See Luke 7 and 8).
Who is He? He’s the One who fed at one time five thousand, and at another time four thousand men, from a few loaves of bread, and a few fishes (Matthew 14:15-21; 15:32-39).
Who is He? He’s the One who raised Lazarus, the man who had been dead for four days (John 11:43).
Who is He? He’s the One at whose trial no genuine crimes could be charged against Him. Pilate declared Him to be innocent, for he found no fault in him (Matthew chapter 27; see also Luke 23:41).
Who is He? He’s the One at whose crucifixion the sun refused to shine (Matthew 27:45).
Who is He? He’s the One who on the third day burst the bars of the tomb and was seen alive by many (John 20:19-20).
Who is He? He’s the One who after appearing among His disciples for the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God, led them out as far as to Bethany, and having blessed them with uplifted hands, ascended into Heaven (Luke 24:50-51).
Who is He? He’s the One whom the martyr Stephen saw when he was murdered (Acts 7:55).
Who is He? He’s the One of whom the scripture says, “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
Who is He? He’s the One of whom John says ”the kings of the earth and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondsman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of His wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand." (Revelation 6:15-17).
Who is He? He´s the One of whom we sing,
'Tis the Lord, O wondrous story
Tis the Lord, the King of Glory;
At His feet we humbly fall:
Crown Him, crown Him, Lord of all."
And that´s the Gospel Truth!
Til He Comes!
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