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Commentary From
Dr.
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The Savior Named “Wonderful”
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the
government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be
called Wonderful....
—Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV) |
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everyone has heard of the “good works” of Jesus Christ.
Most, even skeptics, will admit that He was a “good” man.
Some will go so far as to say he was a prophet like Moses or
Mohammed. But giving him honor as a towering historical
figure is one thing. Embracing His claim to be the sinless
Son of God is quite another. Just ask any skeptic.
H.G. Wells, who is best known for his science-fiction
novels, was by profession an historian. A complete skeptic
who made no profession of Christianity, Wells called this
penniless teacher from Nazareth a “soaring personality” in
his Outline of History.
“More than 1900 years later,” said Wells, “a historian
like myself, who doesn’t even call himself a Christian,
finds the picture centering irresistibly around the life and
character of this most significant man ...”
E. A. Rowell was raised as an unbeliever. His parents
and close family all rejected the claims of Christ. He
writes of the “futile amazement with which every skeptic
from Celsus to Wells stood around the cradle of the Christ.”
Rowell “marveled” that the name of this “poverty-stricken
and uneducated plebeian … is yet the most esteemed name on
earth, even among the skeptics themselves.” But for Rowell,
the “paradox was plain and the mystery solved when I
accepted Him for what He claimed to be—the son of God, come
from heaven, a Savior of men, but above all, my own Savior.”
Jesus Christ is the Wondrous One—a fact testified to by
saints and skeptics. It is just as Isaiah prophesied, “His
name shall be called Wonderful.” But it is not the
“wonderful” character of Christ that troubles most skeptics.
Rather, it is the idea that God would lower Himself and come
to earth in the lowly form of a man and willingly submit
Himself to the
 point
of death. Though God, he humbled himself to become a man and
was “obedient to the point of death, even the death of the
cross.” For that reason, as Paul tells us in Philippians 2,
“God has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is
above every name.”
The wonder of His person is the wonder of this world.
His love is a wonder that people have never been able to
fully understand or comprehend. The greatest minds cannot
fully conceive the wonder of Christ. He lived for nothing of
His own, but He did everything for others. Which of us could
say such a thing as that?
Do you know any skeptics? If so, share the truth of
Jesus Christ with them this Christmas. Allow your life to be
a testimony of our “Wonderful Savior.” Because believe it or
not, skeptics are included in the promise of Scripture that
“… at the name of Jesus every knee should bow” (Philippians
2:10). |
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On
The Air in December |
Coral Ridge Hour
7 The Savior Named Wonderful
14 The Incarnation Of Love
21 Merry Tifton
28 What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?
Truths That Transform
1
The First Christmas • Paul Maier
2,3 Jesus Christ: Myth or Messiah?+
4 Liar, Lunatic or Lord?+
5 Bringing Christ Into Your Public
School
Christmas • Eric Buehrer
6,7 Jesus Christ: Myth or Messiah?
(Part 2)+
8 Amazing Prophecies Concerning
Christ+
9,10 The Hopes and Fears of All The
Years+
11,12 The Wonder and Joy of Christmas+
13,14 The Wonder and Joy of Christmas,
(Part 1)+
15,16 The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived+
17 The Return of the Star of Bethlehem
• Ken Boa
18,19 The Danger of Going It Alone+
20,21 The Wonder and Joy of Christmas
(Part 2)+
22,23 Great Joy!+
24,25 Who Is This Jesus?+
26 To Be Announced
27,28 Amazing Prophecies Concerning
Christ+
29-31 To Be Announced
Verdades Que Transforman*
7 Cristo y la Civilizacion
14 Cristo y la Educacion y la Ciencia
21 Cristo y el Trabajo
28 El Cristiano y las Resoluciones
For December 2003. Subject to Change. To
request an audio or video cassette of The Coral
Ridge Hour, or an audio cassette of Truths That
Transform, please call 800-229-9673. Station
information available at
www.coralridge.org
+ Message from Dr. Kennedy.
* Spanish broadcast of
Truths That Transform. Please call 800-229-9673
or go to www.verdades.tv/home.htm for station information. |
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