Tell Me The Story of Jesus

Tell Me the Story of Jesus not because I haven't heard it before but because every time I hear it I become overwhelmed with it. We are studying the New Testament book of Matthew chapter by chapter and we are currently up to chapter 27. As I was preparing for this evening's lesson I was again captivated by the awesome love Christ displayed for not just me but for all humanity, His created creatures. It is perhaps easy for us to conceive that He would die for us but for a Hitler, Saddam Hussein or Judas? They didn't take His life he laid it down. It was at the timing of God the Father. His accusers didn't want to do it at the Passover for fear of the crowd. But that is precisely when it happened because He was in control not them. Many throughout history though have chosen the timing of their death but only Christ made the choice to die. Matt. 26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

Matthew 27 tells of the horrible humiliation, pain and suffering he endured until he finally died. To think that someone would do that for me brings me to my knees with gratitude. Because I am as undeserivng as Hitler, Saddam Hussein and/or Judas. Romans 3:23-25 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

But the story doesn't end there. There is a chapter 28 in Matthew that tells of his ressurection in spite of a huge stone and Roman guards at the entrance. But even though Matthew ends the story doesn't. It picks up again in the Acts of the Apostles, and Chapter 1:9-11 says, "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."

And Hebrews 9:28 reinforces those statements with So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

So tell me the Story of Jesus, again and again and again.....