Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Who Do They Say I Am?

"One Solitary Life" by Dr James Allan Francis

Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.

He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family. He never went to college. He never put His foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place He was born. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself...

While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. One of them denied Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves. While He was dying His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth – His coat. When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen long centuries have come and gone, and today He is a centerpiece of the human race and leader of the column of progress.

I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that were ever built; all the parliaments that ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that one solitary life.

8 comments:

Stan Rosenthal said...

Merry Christmas to you and your family, Reck!!!!

Nestor said...

Great post Reck,

Merry CHRISTmas!!!

Nestor said...

"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 16:15-19)

RecknHavic said...

A comment from Stan; it's a Christmas miracle !!!!

Ty Stan.

Linda said...

I'm not ignoring your post, I just don't know how to comment on it. I've read it a few times and I guess I'm ill-equipped.

Stan Rosenthal said...

"Jesus Christ, Superstar
Do you think you're who they say you are"

Stan Rosenthal said...

Reck -
> A comment from Stan; it's a Christmas miracle !!!!

Leave it to a Jew (LOL!) to give ya'll a Christmas miracle. :-)

Vertical Horizon: Miricle -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgECjYDKBRs

Stan Rosenthal said...

"Is there a trace
Inside a face
Of a lonely miracle" - Vertical Horizon

http://www.technohippie.com/geeklog/public_html/mediagallery/media.php?s=20080418224833675