“What Think Ye Of Christ?”
Most people go to hell asking questions about
religious matters. One of Satan's most deceptive snares, whereby the souls of
men are blinded to the glory of Christ, is religious curiosity. The Herodians
asked, "Is it lawful to give, tribute unto Caesar?" The Sadducees
were curious about the resurrection body. The Pharisees asked, "Which is
the great commandment in the law?" The point is this.- Most people avoid
dealing with the real soul-searching issues
of the gospel by giving themselves up to questions about religion. Religious
people are still asking the same questions as the Herodians, Sadducees, and
Pharisees. Who will be the greatest in heaven? What kind of body will we have
in the resurrection? Who are the guests at the marriage feasts? What does the
law say? And they are, like their predecessors, going to hell, because they
miss the one issue which is of eternal consequence - WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST?
My friend, your eternal destiny hinges upon your ability to answer that question
properly.
We must have A BIBLICAL ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. We think
that Jesus Christ is the perfect and eternal God. We think he is the perfect
representative man. He came to this earth with a mission to accomplish. He came
here to save his people. The God-man was born at Bethlehem to die at Calvary.
We think that Jesus Christ actuary accomplished the redemption of his people,
through his one sacrifice for sin. We think according to the Scriptures, that
he now sits upon the throne of glory as the sovereign Lord of all things. To
think anything less than this of Christ is to think contrary to God's
revelation.
But our text speaks of mere than mere doctrinal
knowledge. We must have AN EXPERIMENTAL ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. How do you
think of Christ? Those who are truly born-again have been taught of God, and
learned to think properly of Christ. We think that Christ alone is precious.
Christ is our only hope of acceptance with God. We think of Christ with all
confidence, expectation, and desire. He is all. Christ, is all to be trusted,
all to be loved, all to be preached, all to be hoped for. He is all in earth
and all in heaven, all in time and all in eternity.
Don Fortner