The Glories Of Our Incomparable Lord
John 1:1-18
Ps. 45:2, “Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.”
Songs of Solomon;2:1, “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”
Rev 4:11, “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”
Intro.
These are but a faint indication of the glories of our Lord, he is the only one worthy of the glories of heaven.
When men attempt to preach about Christ we fail in our description, people all around us still cry just as those Greeks did, “Sir, we would see Jesus.” As that great preacher of old, Paul the Apostle said, “We preach Christ.” They said about Paul, “He turned the world upside down.”
He shook the world of his day, his message was Christ Jesus. Peter said, “Thou art the Christ the son of the living God.” he had walked with Jesus and talked with him but Jesus said, “Flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father up in heaven.”
Jesus is the son of God, he is our life, our Savior, our light, our food, our drink and our shepherd..He is our security, our song, and our sovereign, with all of this we must still realize that the half has not been told.
We could put all reason, revelation, wisdom, and knowledge together and still not be able to reveal all the glories of that peerless person, that incomparable Savior. He is older than his mother and the same age as his Father, he is from everlasting to everlasting, he is the same yeaterday, today, and tomorrow, he is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.
Over the last 2000 years the greatest minds in the world have studied his life, both men that are saved and those that are not they’ve studied his ministry, his death, and his resurrection, and the verdict of long ago still stands, “We find in him no fault, he is perfect.”
Artists have painted him, sculptors have made statues, poets have tried to describe him in prose, and songs have tried to reveal him, but all in all, humanity has not touched “the hem of his garment.”
He wipes the tears from the eyes of those with agonizing hearts, his tender touch transforms the transgressors, by his words sinners are saved, he takes man from their rags to his riches, out of their grief to his glory.
He has bathed the Bible with his own blood, from Genesis to Revelation, cut it anywhere, and the blessed blood of the Son of God will flow.
He is the Lamb of God, the Lion of Judah, he is the rose of Sharon, the Lily of the Valley, and he is the bright and morning star. He is the foundation, the chief cornerstone, he is the desire of all troubled hearts, to a spiritually starved soul, he is the bread of life, to the thirsty wayfarer he is the water of life, and to the sinful soul he is our Savior.
John 1:14, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
He walked upon this earth for 33 ½ years, he never built a hospital, he never built an asylum, but he healed many bodies of their infirmities and restored many deranged minds. He was and is our great physician.
Satan could not lead him to temptation, death could not destroy him, the tomb could not hold him, the laws of gravity did not stop his ascention, he was feared by the demons, and above all he is exalted by the Father. “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”
I. His Birth: Think about this he vacated his heavenly eternal throne to bring victory to the victims of vice, and salvation to sinners, he lay aside his royal robes, took off his divine diadem, he lay aside his scepter of universal power from his omnipotent hand, then he robed himself in a garment of flesh, “And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us. From the glories of heaven to a manger in Bethlehem, from the bosom of the Father to the breast of the Virgin Mary. From prominence to poverty he came.
Paul said “he made himself of no reputation he took upon himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.”
He was born in a barn, he lived in a despised town, he knew the pinch of poverty, and he owned only the clothes that he wore.
“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.” 2 Cor 8:9
How poor was he? “The birds have nests, the foxes have holes but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.”
When he died there were few that mourned, but God dressed all of nature in black garments of sorrow. The earth trembled, the rocks rent, graves opened pointing a prophetic finger thru’ the centuries to the time when God will again shake the world and we’ll experience that glorious resurrection.
II. His Holiness:
The Son of God is the only person that ever passed thru’ this world of sin without the least spot of sin; his life was spotlessly pure. He is a gem without flaw, his life was an island of purity in a sea of uncleaness. Satan could never point an accusing finger at him or slander his name. Jesus said, “The prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me.”
Humanity could not charge him with wrongdoing, Christ said, “Which of you convinceth me of sin.” The demons were compelled to confess him as the son of God, “What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou son of God; art thou come hither to torment us before the time?”
Never once did he have to appologize for wrongdoing, even to Joseph and Mary, when they asked him why he had worried them, he said, “Wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?”
In Hebrews God’s word says, “For such an high priest became us who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.” His holiness is above all.
III. His Compassion:
He looked upon troubled humanity and was moved with compassion, as he stilled the Sea of Galilee so he stilled the storms of life in men’s hearts. He saw the evil of the great city, where he was to suffer, and wept for them. “Weep not for me.” He said to those that following him to Calvary, “But weep for yourselves and your children.” In the shadow of the cross he was teaching them of the judgement of Jerusalem.
He lifted heavy burdens from the hearts of widows, he caressed away the cares of the weak. With a touch he healed broken and twisted bodies, he opened the eyes of the victims of blindness, bringing them out of their dungeon of darkness. Poor lepers he made clean, the love of his heart surrounds the earth, he seems to suffer with every sorrowful soul.
“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” Lam 3:22-23
Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them to the end.
IV. His Conquests:
The impact of his power and authority in heaven, in earth and in hell. Jesus said, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”
At his birth he startled a king, as a boy he puzzled the scholars; during his manhood he ruled all of nature. He walked upon the foamy sea; he stilled a mighty storm with but a word. By his word a fig tree withered and died.
Demons were dismissed from tortured souls; we sing “all hail the power of Jesus name.” But we realize only briefly that awesome power.
He gathered all the sin of His elect together in his own body and bore it on the tree. He took it all to the place of eternal judgement, he suffered the penalty; he was the propitiation to vindicate God’s righteousness. He was the sacrificial lamb; he overcame death, hell, and the grave. His death crushed the serpent’s head.
He stands above all in the gates of eternity and proclaims, “I am he that liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive forevermore; amen, and have the keys of hell and of death.”
He is concerned about his own, “Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.” Also, “Because I live, ye shall live also.”
V. His Crown Forevermore:
He is now seated in heaven, by the right hand of God, he is the King of kings, the Lord of lords and one day, “Every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess him as Lord.” The whole universe shall then recognize him as the Son of the living God. all shall realize him to be as Isaiah said, “Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the prince of peace.”
Let us think for a moment, by his grace, you may see the king in all his glory, and dwell with him in a land free of sickness and heartbreak and death. Where time will never again wrinkle a brow, where never will a sob of a mourner be heard. Yes you may share his eternal glory.
It is not a question of how good or how bad you are, all have come short. We cannot depend on our goodness, “Our righteousness is as filthy rags.” It is what think ye of Jesus, the question that was put forth by Pilate almost 2000 years ago, “What shall I do with Jesus which is called Christ?”
Do you really love him above all others, is he the Lord of your life?
