"ONE GREATER THAN"

"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

"WHY DOES YOUR TEACHER EAT WITH...SINNERS/"

"And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, 'Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'"  (Matthew 9:11)

Answer:  The same reason He "eats" with you and me!  We are a pathetic lot without Jesus.

The immediate answer we find in the next verse, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick."  The human race is a sin-sick specie.  The only cure for our sickness is the Physician, Jesus.

In Jesus Christ and His Most Precious Blood is the healing Balm for you and me, indeed, as 1 John 2:2 declares, "And He Himself is the propitiation (atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world."  

Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for being my Physician.  Amen.

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CROW MISSION: July 31 to 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