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Behold the MAN !

by Pastor Don Mangus

As a babe he drove a king to desperation.
As a boy he puzzled the greatest doctors in the Land.
As a man he ruled the very forces of nature.
He walked upon the water as upon a pavement of glass.
He commanded demons and angels and they did His bidding. He never wrote a book, yet libraries of books have been written about Him.
He never wrote a line of poetry, yet the universe sings His praise.
He never wrote a song, yet Heaven and Earth are filled with songs about Him.
He never founded a college, yet He has more students sit at His feet than all the educators together.
He never studied medicine, yet He has healed more broken hearts than all the medical records of earth could possibly enumerate.
He never marshalled an army, yet He has had more loyal followers who would march at His orders into the very pit of death than all the Alexanders and Napoleons of all ages.
He is the only Man who had the power to lay down His life and take it up again.
The grave could not hold Him.

His name is Jesus.
Lord of Heaven, Lord of Earth and Lord of all.
Born a helpless Babe and led like a criminal to slaughter.
He is nonetheless very God.
The Lord of all creation and Ruler of the hosts of Heaven and Earth.

Behold "The Man" !

What do you do with this Jesus who is called "The Christ" determines your destiny for time and eternity.
You must take Him now as your Savior or face Him as your judge.
"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting Life; and he that believeth not shall not see life; but the wrath o God abideth on Him" John 3:36

To be Saved is to escape the fires of an everlasting Hell and be born into the Family of God through the New birth never to perish.

These three conditions must be met for you to become a Christian:

1. Confess you are a sinful creature.
a) You were born in sin. - "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners" Romans 5:19
b) You have willfully sinned against God. - "For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God" Romans 3:23

2. You must realize God's perfect hatred for sin.
a) "The soul that sinneth, it shall die" Ezekiel 18:20
b) "For the wages of sin is death" Romans 6:23
c) "The fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." Revelation 21:8

3. Take God at His word and receive His son.
a) "For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." Ephesians 2:8
b) "... the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
c) "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:9,10,13

REMEMBER:
If you depend upon church membership or baptism or how good you are or anything else outside the Blood of the Lord Jesus you face a hopeless, endless, tormenting Eternity without Christ because God says:
"The life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul." Leviticus 17:11

This short message was written by Rev. Don Mangus, Pastor of Landmark Independent Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

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