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Meditating on The Christ

"I know men and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man. Between Him and every other person in the world there is no possible term of comparison. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creation of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him."--Napoleon In Christ we see a divine nature and divine attributes that set Him apart from all other human beings. In comparing Him to others we see only contrasts, few, if any, similarities to people we know. When we compare ourselves to Him, we find ourselves coming up far short. Our weakness and sin is exposed in the light of His perfection. His gracious nature forces us to consider our own judgmental and cruel attitude towards others. Jn 15:22-25 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my F...