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Jesus The Greatest
Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 13, 2021 (message contributor)
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1. The Greatest Revelation
Contributed on Mar 13, 2021
The practical value of knowing that Jesus is the greatest revelation we can have of God is that it gives us a way to evaluate every situation in life. The “what would Jesus do” theme is our guide. He is the revelation of what God would do.
Anne Graham Lotz in her book Just Give Me Jesus begins her introduction with this story. “Several years ago, Andrew Morton wrote a biography of Diana, Princess of Wales. In his publicity tour for the book he said his information was based on conversations he had with some of her closest friends. ...read more
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2. The Greatest Voice
Contributed on Mar 13, 2021
There is no greater joy than hearing Jesus call, for there is no greater voice than His.
We often long for things to happen that would frighten us into wishing they would not have happened. One of these things is that God would talk to us directly in an audible voice. We have no conception of what this would be like to hear the voice of God. The people of Israel did hear it once and ...read more
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3. The Greatest Creator
Contributed on Mar 14, 2021
Man’s choices as to the origin of the universe are reduced to two. It either came by chance circumstances, or it came by the mind and power of a Creator.
The story is told of the teacher who asked her class to write down what they thought were the 7 great wonders of the world. They could be the ancient wonders or the modern wonders. The choices were many and one little girl could not finish her list. The teacher said just read what you have and ...read more
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4. The Greatest Glory
Contributed on Mar 14, 2021
Jesus gave some of His disciples a brief glimpse of His heavenly glory on the Mt. of Transfiguration. His face began to shine like the sun and his garments became bright with glorious light.
THE MOST GLORIOUS PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE The Hubble telescope has discovered a star in the center of the Milky Way that is startling in its brilliance. The report of its brightness is astounding, for scientists say it glows with the awesome radiance of ten million suns. That is power, glory and ...read more
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5. The Greatest Image
Contributed on Mar 14, 2021
This third verse of Hebrews 1 does not merely say that Jesus was like God, or that he was a reflection of God’s nature, but it says He is the exact representation of His being. It is not approximate, but the exact representation of His being.
This third verse of Hebrews 1 does not merely say that Jesus was like God, or that he was a reflection of God’s nature, but it says He is the exact representation of His being. It is not approximate, but the exact representation of His being. In other word, Jesus is exactly like God. He is the ...read more
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6. The Greatest Sustainer
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
Jesus has the whole universe in His hands, and if He should let go and cease to sustain it, it would collapse into a massive heap of rubble, and then fade into extinction.
Anne Graham Lotz in her book Just Give Me Jesus tells of her father Billy Graham being given a watch by a friend, and after some time it stopped working. His wife took it to a jewelry store to get it fixed, but they could not do it. She took it to several and they all said it could not be fixed. ...read more
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7. The Greatest Sacrifice
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
The reason that the sacrifice of Jesus was the greatest ever is because it is the only sacrifice that ever worked. All the animal sacrifices just pointed to the need for blood to be shed and life paid for cleansing from sin.
One of my favorite poets is William L. Stidger, and I want to begin this message with one of his poems- I SAW GOD WASH THE WORLD I saw God wash the world last night With his sweet showers on high, And then, when morning came, I saw Him hang it out to dry. He washed each tiny blade of grass And ...read more
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8. The Greatest Ruler
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
This is an impressive amount of evidence that supports the conviction that Jesus is the greatest ruler in the universe. He governs the universe from this position of equality with God the Father.
We are ahead of our time when we bow to Jesus, for one day every knee will bow and every tongue confess him as Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Back in 1917 at the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Academy in London, Charles Butler exhibited a painting he had worked on for three years. It is called ...read more
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9. The Greatest Name
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
Jesus is the greatest hero in history for the believer, for He was able to win a victory over the greatest enemies of man, and He gained a name that is above every name.
Here is a powerful story of a man who made a great name for himself and left a name that is long remembered. I quote another’s account: “World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Butch O'Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific. One day his ...read more
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10. The Greatest Son
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
Jesus made His uniqueness very clear when He said in Luke 10:22, “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
It is a story often told, with a variety of versions, but they all illustrate a great truth. A confederate soldier sat outside of the White House at the end of the Civil War. He was depressed because he needed to see the President and tell him of how his farm in the South was unjustly taken from ...read more
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11. The Greatest Joy
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
Jesus was the happiest man in history, and the happiest being in all the universe, because he had the very joy of God.
My wife and I sometimes debate as to which of us loves the other the most, and we each make the claim that “I love you more.” The other responds, “No, I love you more.” It is one of those debates that can never have a winner because there is no love measuring device by which we can measure our ...read more
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12. The Greatest Prophet
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
The Prophets say such high and lofty things, for they are speaking for God. Jesus, however, did not speak for God, but as God. He was the very voice of God, and when people heard His Word, they were hearing God speak, and not just His spokesman.
F. F. Bruce in his commentary on Hebrews concludes (Jesus) "is the prophet through whom God has spoken His final word; He is the priest who has accomplished a perfect work of cleansing for his people's sin; He is the King who sits enthroned in the place of chief honor alongside the ...read more
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13. The Greatest Paradox
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
Jesus was a paradoxical person. How could He not be when He was both God and man? He was the most unique being that has ever been, and the result is we see Him exhibiting opposite characteristics at the same time.
Jesus was a paradoxical person. How could He not be when He was both God and man? He was the most unique being that has ever been, and the result is we see Him exhibiting opposite characteristics at the same time. He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief as He went through the experience ...read more
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14. The Greatest Worship
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
Jesus was worshiped in His manhood, and Jesus is worshiped in His deity, and forever both angelic and human beings will worship the God-Man on His throne. Can there be any doubt that worshiping Jesus is THE GREATEST WORSHIP.
No other being in all of history has been held up as one to be worshiped by all the angels. God Himself gave the command that all of His intelligent created beings are to bow down to His Son. He forbids that anyone worship any angel, but He demands that His Son be worshiped. This should settle it ...read more
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15. The Greatest Man
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
Great men are themselves a testimony to the greatness of Jesus. It would be hard to find any famous person who has ever made a comment about Jesus who did not admit His uniqueness and greatness.
Ivan Maddox has pointed out that there have only been three perfect people in this world, and they were Adam, Eve, and Jesus Christ, who is called the second Adam. So two Adam’s and an Eve make up the total population of that mini list of people who were perfect. That list is quickly reduced to ...read more
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16. The Greatest Warning
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
The most dangerous thing a believer can do in life is to ignore what they have heard and neglect the great salvation they have in Jesus.
God began human history with a warning. He told Adam and Eve that if they ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil they would surely die. Failure to heed that warning led to the fall of man, and failure to heed warnings has ever since led to all of the sin and folly of human ...read more
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17. The Greatest Focus
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
The best sermons, the best books, the best Sunday School lessons, the best Bible studies, the best articles and the best of everything you can hear or read are those things that help you fix your thoughts on Jesus.
There are no end to the things we can think of and focus our attention upon, but the greatest focus of all is to focus our thoughts on Jesus. That is the focus of the Bible from beginning to end. That is to be the focus of all that we do in church, and in all the meetings and activities of the ...read more
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18. The Greatest Rest
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
Hebrews 4 is the great rest chapter of the Bible, for the word rest is used 9 times in this chapter, and that is more than any other entire book of the Bible.
Heaven is so appealing because it is a place where all negatives are forever eliminated. No more war and struggle on every level, but peace and security with all threats gone. It is a place of rest from all the strife of life. God’s goal is to share with all of His people the blessedness of rest, ...read more
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19. The Greatest Changer
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
When you trust in Jesus as your Savior, and believe that His shed blood cleanses from all sin, then you can come with confidence and boldness into the very Holy of Holies and speak to God as your heavenly Father. This is the greatest change in the history of God and man.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his close friend and partner Ralph Abernathy changed the course of history in America because of their leadership of the civil rights movement. The end result was that blacks could enter eating establishments, schools, buses, and a host of other places where they ...read more
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20. The Greatest Runner
Contributed on Mar 16, 2021
Jesus came into this world, not just to start a race to reach the goal of providing salvation from sin, but to finish that race and make it to the cross where he would pay the price for man’s redemption.
In 1968, the country of Tanzania selected John Stephen Akhwari to represent it in the Mexico City Olympics. Along the racecourse for the marathon, Akhwari stumbled and fell, severely injuring both his knee and ankle. By 7 p.m., a runner from Ethiopia had won the race, and all the other ...read more
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21. The Greatest Runner Ii
Contributed on Mar 16, 2021
With our eyes on the winner we are always winning. It is only when we take our eyes off of Jesus that we fail.
Races were one of the chief attractions of the ancient world. Large crowds would come together to watch athletes display their skills in running. The New Testament compares the Christian life to a race because many of the same virtues that made a great runner are essential for becoming a great ...read more
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22. The Greatest Intercessor
Contributed on Mar 16, 2021
Jesus prayed for all believers who would ever live in the future, and that is us. And now He ever lives to continue to intercede for all of us.
Abraham was the first great intercessor in the Bible. He had the audacity to plead with God to change His mind and not destroy the city of Sodom. It was the most successful prayer ever, for God agreed to his request 7 times as he talked God down from saving it for the sake of 50 righteous persons ...read more