The overall perception of Jesus within society is that He was SOFT or “touchy-feely”…I like to describe this as “Sunday School Jesus”.

 

But nothing could be further from the truth.

 

He cleaned out the temple with a whip.

He told His own brother the equivalent of:  “You make no difference”

He told Peter:  “Get behind me Satan”

 

From a political standpoint, His plan was a disaster.  Even though people were drawn to follow at the surface level, He aligned Himself to no group that could back Him up.

 

And so we have to decide for ourselves where we will stand with Him.

 

And in John 6, this is just one example of how Jesus began to make His followers individuals—not a collective group bonded by politics, religion, military, social structure, age, economic status, or position.

 

John 6 53 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

 

No earthly thing will bond us together when it comes to Jesus.  He is above all things. And when you read verses like this you have to begin to think:  This guy might have been nuts. And you could make a case to me that He was. I would much more readily accept that “He was nuts” than “He was soft”.

 

Another argument would be that He was a liar.  That He walked around telling everyone things based on deception.

 

But, to me, neither of these make any sense.  With all of the crazy things He said we must take a step back and ask if He was crazy or SO FAR ABOVE US THAT WE DO NOT TOTALLY GET IT.  In my mind, His comments make this an easy decision.  Think about these statements made some 2000 years ago:

It Is Paid In Full

I Am Jacob’s Ladder

I Am The Gate

I Am The Living Water

All of these things make sense IF HE WAS WHO HE SAID HE WAS….  He paid for our sins (In Full), so that we could be transported up to heaven (Ladder), and enter (Gate), into a Kingdom that would satisfy all of our needs (Living Water).

 

It is not a coincidence that we might be offered freedom on July 4.  And I am not downplaying the freedom of America—because it is the closest thing that we can do on this earth.

 

But the FREEDOM offered by Jesus is above anything that we could ever have…..and it will never, ever, ever, return void.

 

FREEDOM isn’t free.  And Jesus chose to pay the cost that you might live.

 

Choose Him.  It will be the greatest decision that you could ever make.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcqria2wmg

 

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J