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I guess everyy generation has its surprising music hits. Like a song by a Mississippi truck about a Hound Dog - Elvis something? . . . or a song by some longhaired British Quartet about wanting to hold your hand - Oh, yes,The Beatles. But more recently we saw a very surprising song sky rocket to number one for several weeks, and to a grammy nomination. The singer wasn't well known, but the song asked some questions that no popular song has ever dealt with. It had a haunting melody that was hard to forget. As I played a portion of that song for 11,000 teenagers I was speaking to, virtually every one in the room sang those lyrics. "What if God was one of us? What would His name be? If God was one fo us, what would His face look like? Huh, the questions are provocative, the answers are shocking . . .
Well, I'm Ron Hutchcraft, and I want to have A WORD WITH YOU today about ONE OF US.
Actually, God did become one of us. John 1:14, out word for today from the Word of God says, "The Word," speaking of Jesus Christ, "Became flesh and lived among us and we beheld His Glory." Earlier in that chapter it says that He was there from the beginning. He created everything there is, and now He became one of us. And the song asked what would His Name be? Jesus. Jesus said, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" When God was one of us what was He like? Well, He was poor by choice. Born in a stable. His family turned on Him - maybe like yours. He was tempted like you are, except He was tempted by Satan himself. He grieved over the death of people He loved - perhaps as you have. When God was one of us, He knew what it was like to be lonely, to be betrayed, to be physically abused, to die. When God was one of us He forgave a sinful woman everyone else was ready to stone - He's ready to forgive you. He loved the children - even His own disciples thought they were unimportant. He still loves those that others think are unimportant - maybe like you. When God was one of us He walked right past the cheering crowds to seek out one hurting person in need just as He is seeking you today, right now.
And when God was one of us what did His face look like? The prophet Isaiah says His face was so disfigured beyond that of any man and His form was marred beyond human likeness. Why? Why would God become one of us and submit Himself to this humiliating, dehumanizing torture? His answer in His own words - Jesus. Mark 10:45, "For even the Son of Man came . . . to give His life a ransom for many." And we know what a ransom is. It's the price paid to get someone back. And Jesus said that's what I've come to do - I came to pay the price to bring you back. Away from God, terminally away from God because of sin. But through His brutal death He became the substitute - God's own Son - to take out hell, to pay our penalty.
Nobody has ever loved you like Jesus. And now He's very close to you. Right where you are, He's made His move all the way from Heaven's Glory to become one of us because only one of us could pay the penalty for us. And now He's come to where you are to offer you this opportunity to begin that relationship for which He spent His life - and it's your move now.
His love becomes yours when you talk to Him something like this, you can do it right where you are, "Lord, I've been doing my life my way, I've sinned. My own hope for being forgiven of knowing God, of ever getting to Heaven is You. I'm putting all my trust in You Lord Jesus, beginning right now." Jesus has gone the distance from Heaven to the cross to where you are right now, to reach you with His incredible love. Don't make life's biggest mistake. Don't miss Jesus.
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