"Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple...and indeed a greater than Jonah is here...; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here." (From Matthew 12)
Think of it for a moment. Here is a 5'5", 140 lb. Middle Eastern Jew making these claims. No wonder His hearers were always plotting to get rid of Him.
These, "greater than," statements should give you and me great encouragement today. Jesus Christ is not only greater than the Bible personages in our text, He is greater than all and everything in the universe.
What is it that is troubling you at this moment? The one Who is, "greater than," that present-troubling is The One Whom the Bible declares as, "....upholding and maintaining and propelling all things [the entire physical and spiritual universe] by His powerful Word [carrying the universe along to its predetermined goal]." Jesus Himself is these Words to all of us who daily surrender our existence to Him.
Father, in Jesus' Name, You are the Great, "Greater Than...." Amen.
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CROW MISSION: JULY 30-AUGUST 12
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
