By Dr. Michael Guido, D.D.
John 1:3
A gentleman, lying in the shade of an oak tree, was gazing on a pumpkin vine with its large swelling fruit. Suddenly he looked into the oak tree, and on seeing an acorn, said, "Had I been the Creator, I would have hung the pumpkin upon the tall oak. It's more suitable to bear it." Just then an acorn fell on his head. "Had that been a pumpkin," he thought, "it not only would have been unwise but also unmerciful." Isn't it wonderful that our Creator isn't only infinite but also intelligent! No wonder a sacred poet wrote, "To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever."
Let's meet the Son. A little while ago a young man was asked to preach in a certain church, and it was announced that the subject wouldn't be known until he entered the pulpit. At the appointed time he took his place, and a slip of paper was handed to him. It was blank on one side, and he turned it over and it was blank on the other side. Turning to his audience he said in a calm voice, "Nothing on this side and nothing on that side - out of nothing the Lord created the earth." He found his text. An architect can rear a cathedral, and a sculptor can cut forms from marble, a machinist can make an engine, but not one of them can create. They work with materials on hand. Only the Lord can work without materials and create. So we read in John 1:3, "All things were made by Him." By whom? The Son. The Father is the origin of all things, but the Son is the organ through which all things came into being.
Let's look at the Scriptures. The Bible says, "Without Him was not anything made that was made." Just as an artist writes his name at the bottom of his work, so inspiration has inscribed the name of Jesus beneath all things in heaven and on earth. A father took his son, hired a guide, and went on a camping trip. The boy was impressed by the guide who saw things he couldn't see. One day after the guide pointed out some hidden things of nature, the boy said, "Sir, can you see Jesus?" "Son," he answered, "it's getting so I can hardly see anything else when I'm out in the woods."
Let's think on salvation. Do you realize that the One who suffered for your sins on the cross was the Creator? One night, at a gospel meeting, a woman said to a man of God, "I can't accept that!" "Can't accept what?" asked Dr. McKay. "That God allowed an innocent man to die for guilty men. That wasn't right." "Madam," said the minister, "you've misunderstood the meaning of the gospel. The first declaration of the gospel is that God became man. The One who had been Christ In Creation sinned against, in divine grace, became Man that He might die for the creature's sin. On the cross we don't merely see an innocent man dying for guilty men. We see the offended God giving Himself for our sins."
"I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene
And wonder how He could love me, a sinner, condemned, unclean.
"He took my sins and my sorrows, He made them His very own;
He bore the burden to Calvary and suffered and died alone."
copyright 2000 Guido Evangelistic Association
Let's meet the Son. A little while ago a young man was asked to preach in a certain church, and it was announced that the subject wouldn't be known until he entered the pulpit. At the appointed time he took his place, and a slip of paper was handed to him. It was blank on one side, and he turned it over and it was blank on the other side. Turning to his audience he said in a calm voice, "Nothing on this side and nothing on that side - out of nothing the Lord created the earth." He found his text. An architect can rear a cathedral, and a sculptor can cut forms from marble, a machinist can make an engine, but not one of them can create. They work with materials on hand. Only the Lord can work without materials and create. So we read in John 1:3, "All things were made by Him." By whom? The Son. The Father is the origin of all things, but the Son is the organ through which all things came into being.
Let's look at the Scriptures. The Bible says, "Without Him was not anything made that was made." Just as an artist writes his name at the bottom of his work, so inspiration has inscribed the name of Jesus beneath all things in heaven and on earth. A father took his son, hired a guide, and went on a camping trip. The boy was impressed by the guide who saw things he couldn't see. One day after the guide pointed out some hidden things of nature, the boy said, "Sir, can you see Jesus?" "Son," he answered, "it's getting so I can hardly see anything else when I'm out in the woods."
Let's think on salvation. Do you realize that the One who suffered for your sins on the cross was the Creator? One night, at a gospel meeting, a woman said to a man of God, "I can't accept that!" "Can't accept what?" asked Dr. McKay. "That God allowed an innocent man to die for guilty men. That wasn't right." "Madam," said the minister, "you've misunderstood the meaning of the gospel. The first declaration of the gospel is that God became man. The One who had been Christ In Creation sinned against, in divine grace, became Man that He might die for the creature's sin. On the cross we don't merely see an innocent man dying for guilty men. We see the offended God giving Himself for our sins."
"I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene
And wonder how He could love me, a sinner, condemned, unclean.
"He took my sins and my sorrows, He made them His very own;
He bore the burden to Calvary and suffered and died alone."
copyright 2000 Guido Evangelistic Association
All Scripture verses are quoted from the New King James Version.
This series of messages on the books of the Bible were originally written for broadcast on Dr. Guido's radio program, "The Sower." They are collected and reprinted here for your enjoyment and spiritual edification. Go to the Sower's site for more at www.TheSower.com.
This series of messages on the books of the Bible were originally written for broadcast on Dr. Guido's radio program, "The Sower." They are collected and reprinted here for your enjoyment and spiritual edification. Go to the Sower's site for more at www.TheSower.com.
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