><>...The Son of a carpenter...><>
..I dare say...How our brothers the apostles of Christ, did love the Lord...For
they gave up all to walk with Him.
A stranger From Nazareth....This man who was known in the beginning only as the son of a cappenter.
Who was this man from Nazareth?....that talked with the scholars as a
child and they marvelled over Him?
Who was this man from Nazareth who walked the
streets of Galilee and people flocked to hear His words?
Who was this man from Nazareth who healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, who made
the lame to walk....Made the deaf to hear, cleansed lepers, cast out demons?
Who was this man from Nazareth, that when it was heard a far off people dropped
everything to be near Him?
Who was this man from Nazareth that would cause grown
men to carry a fcrippled man on a stretcher and because of the crowd could not reach
this man of Nazareth....But did infact climb the rooftop to get to him.....
Who was this man that would cause them to climb that roof just so they could lower their crippled
friend to the feet of this stranger, so that their crippled friend would be healed..oh what
faith...
Who was this man from Nazareth that a woman who had spent all of her money on drs.to
be healed of a blood disease and was not... would crawl on her knees through a crowd
because she knew that if she could only touch the hem of His garment she would be
made whole....Oh what faith..
Who was this man from Nazareth who could move the heart even of the centurion who would later be one of those who would
nail the final nail into this man from Nazareth,.... To call upon Him to heal his sick
son.... Who was this man of Nazareth who said of the centurion..."I have not found such great
faith...NO not in Israel"...Oh what faith...
Who was this man of Nazareth who spoke of the Kinfdom of God and caused by His
presence alone.... the Kings of this earth to tremble..
Who was this man of Nazareth who caused the leaders of the religious sect to spy on
Him and His teachings.
Who was this man of Nazareth whose teachings of the Kingdom of God would cause
this same religious group...(who professed also to have loved God)..... to want to shut
Him up and do away with Him?...God have mercy...
Who was this man of Nazareth</b who was betrayed by one who walked with Him, ate
with Him, and who left all to follow Him..
Who was this man of Nazareth that Pilate, ruler of Jerusalem sent by Caesar,... would
wash his hands of His murder, when the people cried 'Crucify Him" .....God help us all...
Who was this man of Nazareth who was spit upon, scourged,stripped and put Him upon
a scarlet rope, and forced a crown of thorns into His head?
Who was this man of Nazareth, who when He hung on the cross, He cried out that He
was thirsty...and they gave Him viniegar mingled with gall?...Oh my sweet precious
Lord..!
Who was this man of Nazareth, that moments before He would die, looked upon them
that nailed Him to the cross and would say to God...Forgive them Father for they know
not what they do...
Who was this man of Nazareth, that the same soldiers who hung Him there would draw
lots for His precious Raiment?
Who was this man of Nazareth who at the moment of His death would cause God, The
Mighty one Of Israel, to Rock the earth with a great earth quake...and tear the veil of
the temple from top to bottom?
Who was this man from Nazareth, who still today, Two thousand years (2000) later
causes the hearts of men to love Him so?....And still today 2000 years later there are still those who would follow the ways of those holding the hammer and nails.!
Dear Father,
how could they?!...Except the enemy blind them to the truth..!!
Who was this Man of Nazareth?....That same centurion said this of Him..."Truly this was the Son of God"...
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