I. THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST
Nothing disgraces the character of Christ. Malachi 3:6 tells us “â€For I am the Lord, I change not.†The writer of Hebrews echoes this call with these words â€Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today and forever.†(Hebrews 13:
If nothing disgraced Him in eternity past, surely nothing could disgraced Him on this day either.
A. Character of Christ as seen in His judgments
Isaiah 28:21
“For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.â€
Brother Forester said that judgment is God’s strange work; He loves to bless.
Through all the Gospels, one theme seems to run true. He was moved with compassion or He was showing mercy. He showed mercy upon the demons when He allowed them to enter the swine. But He was showing compassion upon the man who they lived in previously. He knew this man’s life. It had been one of pain, peril and perverseness. He had compassion when the man came to Him and wanted help. We do not why he was infested with demons but at least he came to the right source for deliverance. (I will go in more detail on this man next week.)
He is showing mercy and compassion in that He chose a soulless tree to execute His judgment. He had all right to judgment upon people many times. He had done so in Luke 9 when the Samaritan people refused to allow Him in their village.
This miracle was performed that man might not lose sight of His judicial character. One day, He will be the judge of all. Many have lose sight of this very fact. This includes believers. They have forgotten that they will one day they will stand before Him. It will not be the question of salvation. It will be to answer for their life since they were saved. One of the key areas will be in the area of faithfulness.
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