The Carpenter's Son
He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was
ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 10:42
Jesus Christ is the Inescapable One. We must either receive Him in this life as our loving Saviour or stand before Him in the life to come as our eternal Judge.
Some while ago, I heard or read a story about a doctor who “made it his chief concern in matters of religion to degrade the character and dignity of Christ.” He viewed the Saviour with so much contempt that he always spoke of Him in a demeaning way by calling Him ‘‘the carpenter’s son.” Eventually, the physician became terminally ill. During the weeks before his death, he became very agitated. He remarked to the person attending him, “I’m a dying man, and what affects me most of all is that I must be judged by the carpenter’s son!”
That doctor faced the terrible future that awaits all who reject Christ. Yet, even in his last conscious moments, if he had trusted Jesus as Saviour he could have found peace and received eternal salvation.
How have you been treating Christ? Remember, “the carpenter’s son” is the Son of God. Trust Him today! You will receive the blessing of salvation—not the sentence of condemnation (John 3:17).
Bible Reading
Acts 17:22-31.
Prayer
Great and marvellous are Your works, Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations. Who will not fear You and glorify Your Name? You alone are holy! All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous deeds have been revealed. In Jesus Name, Amen.
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