“By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him” (I John 4:9).
At the very beginning of a lecture series on “The Life of Christ,” a man in the audience arose and said, “You mean to tell me that this man called Jesus was born in a sheep stable?”
“Yes, that is what I said,” the lecturer replied…
“And then He was raised in a blue-collar home? He never wrote any books or held any offices, yet He called Himself the Son of God?”
“Yes, that is what I said.”
“He never travelled outside His own country, never studied at a University, never lived in a palace and yet said He was a King?”
“Yes, that is what I said.”
“And this crucifixion story: He was betrayed by His own people? No followers came to His defense? And then He was executed on a garbage heap…
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