Sorry if my last blog came across to some of you as a downer, but I want to recognize the truth and then deal with it in the best way I know how. Sometimes the truth is, in initial appearances, a downer. But keep in mind the down pillow. Not only is it soft and comfortable, but it has the ability to form to the curve of your head and neck, providing support that is just right for you. What does that have to do with anything? Well, think about it. Sometimes what seems like a down thing, if understood correctly, can actually be the best thing for you. It will provide the support you need.
Jesus looks good to a lot of people. He is oftentimes referred to as a great man or even a prophet. But the truth is He was much more. Throughout the Old Testament, there were more than 300 predictions concerning the Messiah - approximately 50 separate and distinct ones - that were fulfilled in the birth, life, death and resurrection of Christ. What would be the odds of one person fulfilling those prophecies by chance?
In his book “Science Speaks,” Peter Stoner estimated the odds of one person fulfilling just eight of these Messianic prophecies being one in ten to the seventeenth power. How likely is that? Stoner tries to help us understand this vast number by having us imagine spreading silver dollars across the face of Texas...enough to equal 10 to the 17th power. Get this. They will cover the entire state two feet deep! Mark one of these silver dollars and stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over the state. Now, blindfold a man and tell him he can travel as far as he wishes, but he must - in one pick - choose the marked silver dollar. What chance would he have of getting the right one? Just the same chance that the prophets would have had if only EIGHT of those prophecies came true in any one man.
Jesus said:
“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)
Some people may call Jesus a downer...but believe it or not, He provides the support we need.
I always did like Down Pillows.
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