No One Like Jesus

I've heard some great teachers and preachers. At times I have been on the edge of my seat, waiting for the next "words of wisdom" to come from a speaker's mouth. But no one has ever or will ever come close to speaking with the authority of Jesus.

I remember almost 12 years ago - the first time I heard Louie Giglio. He was talking about the glory of God - and it just resonated with me. I almost felt, as he spoke, that he was looking right at me and someday I'd be in ministry with that guy! Well, that didn't happen, but the message he proclaimed about living for the glory of God has changed my life for the last 12 years. God used him! But he's still just a man.

When Jesus spoke, He spoke with authority! Oh, how I wish I could have sat on that mountain and listened to Him (and been challenged by Him). It's funny, because I can sit there on that mountain and listen. I just have to open up the Bible and it's all right there. Yeah, it's different, but it's still the very words of Jesus, the Son of God.

So, as you've been reading the Gospels and focusing on the words of Jesus, what has stood out to you? Has anyone found something they want to contribute? I hope and pray that as we read, the words will jump right off the page and strike a chord in our hearts that ultimately changes our lives!!

I look forward to hearing what impacted you - so let's start sharing - and we'll discuss some of these in Connections over the summer!

Posted on Tue, June 8, 2010 by Jonathan Goeke

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4 comments (Add your own)

1. Stephanie wrote:: John 11:35 This verse speaks such volumes to me. It is the smallest verse but to me shows the depth of love that Christ has for us all. Even though he knew within seconds that he would make Lazarus rise, Jesus wept. for the pain he went through for the suffering that Mary and Martha felt. Jesus wept. He didn't cry, He didn't get sad He Wept. His heart was so full of love and compassion that he wept and he knew the future. Just makes me feel the completeness of his love for us all
Wed, June 9, 2010 @ 11:48 PM
2. PJ wrote:: Steph added this in an identical post with a different closing line: "I can revel in the fact that I am so unconditionally loved by someone so perfect that He would weep for me."
Thu, June 10, 2010 @ 8:14 AM
3. Yasmine wrote:: I think Jesus wept for several reasons: The compassion He had for Mary and Martha in their loss of a loved one, as well as He knew what He was about to bring Lazarus back from, and also what He would be bringing him back to.

Anyway, I have decided to share the Scripture that spoke loudest to me last week. I was reading Mark 6:1-6, where Jesus went back to His hometown and was rejected again. The people there recognized that He had been given special wisdom which resulted in miracles, but they were unable to reconcile this with the carpenter they had seen grow up. They knew His family and figured they knew His entire background. What strikes me is that they "took offense" at Him, because that knowledge and the wisdom/miracles He was demonstrating didn't add up. This offense produced a lack of faith in them, so that among them He could only heal a few.

I began pondering how in our lives we too can be like these hometown people. Why do we think we know everything about our Lord - and try to put Him in a box? (The box of our finite minds.) Then, when He allows something we find difficult or if He doesn't give the answer we expect, do we become offended at Him like they did? Why do we believe we know better than our Lord, what should and should not happen? Have we taken offense at Him and therefore lack the faith required to "do what I have been doing...and even greater things than these"? (John 14:12) Is He again restricted from doing an abundance of miracles through His body, because of lack of faith stemming from our taking offense?
Mon, June 14, 2010 @ 11:34 AM
4. Justin Metzler wrote:: I have more of a question than a comment. Peta and I are going thru Luke, in chapter five it speaks about the parable of the wineskins. I don't fully understand what this teaching is.Can anybody help? I would also like to comment. In the early chapters of Luke it states we should be focusing on ministering to the broken, the poor, and the sick. Specifically in Luke 6:33, It says, If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? This spoke to me because I feel I need to find ways to minister to people that are in the most need of ministering. Not the ones that are already saved, Ya know?
Mon, June 14, 2010 @ 8:07 PM

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