“And the men marveled, saying, ‘What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?’” – Matthew 8:27
This is a crucial question everyone should wrestle with about Jesus. The Gospel accounts are meticulously written eyewitness accounts of what Jesus said and did. A key reason for their existence and preservation across the centuries is to help us arrive at the correct answer to this question. To convince us of what sort of man He through story and testimony rather than in bullet-point format.
Jesus commands natural forces of wind and waves with a word because He’s the ruler and sustainer of nature. Jesus commands supernatural beings because He’s the Lord of the supernatural. Jesus heals diseases, disabilities, and even death because He’s the source of life, healing, and wholeness. He’s fully a person, like us, but He’s also fully God come to earth in a human body to rescue us from sin and death.
Each person who hears these stories must decide whether he or she will refuse to believe eyewitness accounts, refuse to believe what the clear conclusion they point to, or embrace the truth that Jesus is Who the accounts demonstrate He is. What about you? What sort of man do you believe Jesus is? What sort of man controls the weather, the demons, the diseases of the body, and understands the thoughts of the mind? Think carefully and BELIEVE. #FollowJesus