She gave birth to her first child,a son.She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger,because there was no lodging available for them. -Luke 2:7
There they nailed him to the cross.Two others were crucified with him,one on either side,with Jesus between them. -John 19:18.
When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them,he was taken up into heaven and sat down in the place of honor at God's right hand. -Mark 16:19.
What Place Do We Give Jesus?
When the creator of the world came to earth as a small child,He was not accepted here,although He came "He came to his own" -John 1:11,i.e. what was His by right.There was only a manger for Him as a cradle,a feeding trough for animals.
As Jesus travelled through the land later.He explained to a man who wished to follow Him:"Foxes have dens to live in,and birds have nests,but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head." -Matthew 8:20.
After completing His ministry here,He was given the final place kept for Him: the cross.What degradation for the Son of God! The earth rejected Him and showed Him,the only righteous Man ever to set foot on earth,all the evil to which mankind is prone.He was given a place of shame between two criminals,between heaven and earth.
And heaven was closed,for Jesus was suffering God's judgment over sin in the place of lost sinners.Yet when the Lord had died and risen again triumphant,God gave Him the place of honor:"Sit in the place of honor at my right hand" -Psalm 110:1.
The question for us is: does Jesus occupy the place of honor in my heart,the place of the Lord and Savior? Or do I regard Him as did those despicable contemporaries of His who had no time for Him?
There they nailed him to the cross.Two others were crucified with him,one on either side,with Jesus between them. -John 19:18.
When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them,he was taken up into heaven and sat down in the place of honor at God's right hand. -Mark 16:19.
What Place Do We Give Jesus?
When the creator of the world came to earth as a small child,He was not accepted here,although He came "He came to his own" -John 1:11,i.e. what was His by right.There was only a manger for Him as a cradle,a feeding trough for animals.
As Jesus travelled through the land later.He explained to a man who wished to follow Him:"Foxes have dens to live in,and birds have nests,but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head." -Matthew 8:20.
After completing His ministry here,He was given the final place kept for Him: the cross.What degradation for the Son of God! The earth rejected Him and showed Him,the only righteous Man ever to set foot on earth,all the evil to which mankind is prone.He was given a place of shame between two criminals,between heaven and earth.
And heaven was closed,for Jesus was suffering God's judgment over sin in the place of lost sinners.Yet when the Lord had died and risen again triumphant,God gave Him the place of honor:"Sit in the place of honor at my right hand" -Psalm 110:1.
The question for us is: does Jesus occupy the place of honor in my heart,the place of the Lord and Savior? Or do I regard Him as did those despicable contemporaries of His who had no time for Him?
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