Friday, November 19, 2010

A Kingdom and truth!

John 18:22 – 40

It is hard to imagine that the creator of the universe was allowing Himself to be questioned by mere mortals, but it was all part of God’s plan. What other earthly way would Jesus have had access to all of the chief leaders in Israel at that time both Jew and Gentile?

We look at the abuse Jesus took over the next few hours of his life, as recorded in the Gospels as a very bad thing. In light of eternity it was a very good thing in so many ways. In these next few hours of Jesus earthly life, He will be spat upon, slapped, punched, whipped and physically and emotionally abused in so many ways, but there was a very high purpose.

All of us go through rough places. Some of us have been abused in the worst ways, physically, emotionally and mentally. Jesus can identify! He went through horrible torment. If you are looking fr someone that can relate to your suffering Jesus can!

Jesus suffered through His torment for a high purpose. He was able to share the “truth” with every person He was brought before. He had eternity in eyes. In the early 60’s an elderly African American Pastor, T. Brown was approached by a gang of white Klan members on the street near his home in Georgia. They held a knife to the Pastors throat and told him if he did not leave their part of the city they would cut him into a hundred pieces. The pastor looked them in the eyes and said, “Boys, I am not here as just a man, but as a man of God represent God as His ambassador, you can only do to me what He allows. I will tell you this that if He allows you to kill me and cut me into one hundred pieces then every piece will be saying, I love you!” They allowed him to go and the Klan never bothered him again.

Jesus established to all the leadership of Israel who He was and what He was about. Pilate even looked for a way to excuse Him from His torment. Jesus was ale to speak to Pilate in a way that he could understand in terms he could grasp. He gave him the “truth” in a way that made sense to him, so much so that Pilate was willing to allow Him to make the claim of a Kingdom and Kingship and not see that as treason. In this day and time that was a miracle.

Proverbs tells us, “a man’s gifts make room for him and bring him before great men.” Everything we good through in life, regardless of the difficulty, if given for Kingdom use, can change your world for the good! The difficulty you are having with a boss, spouse, friend, or enemy, if you allow it, God can use to impact lives.

We are “kingdom” people. We have the truth! The Lord will give us opportunities to impact lives in all kinds of ways if we will allow it and if we look at our situations through the eyes of eternity. Let the Lord do that in your life today!

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