Campbell: drawn to Jesus

Monday, January 10, 2022
Meditation:
    When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”
    —Matthew 27:54 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Our Master was his own Gospel. Men came to Him one by one attracted by the winsomeness of Jesus. He spake, of course, as never man spake, and He was as never man was, and, as has been well said by one who has a right to speak upon such subjects, he reversed our ordinary experience about our human ideals. The nearer we draw to an individual, as a rule the more plainly we see the flaws and the crevices in his character; but the nearer men drew to Jesus the more His faultless excellence declared itself; they were drawn to Him, they hardly knew why, with a reverence and a devotion unexampled in the history of the world.
    ... R. J. Campbell (1867-1956), City Temple Sermons, New York: F. H. Revell company, 1903, p.195 (see the book)
    See also Matt. 26:6-7; 27:54; Mark 12:14; John 1:14; 3:2
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your character is incomparable. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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