Travis Johnson

Jesus could have but he didn't

1. He could have done creative miracles as a convenience to himself but He didn't.
2. He could have made discipleship easy to understand 100% of the time but He didn't.
3. He could have been born into a house of privilege but He wasn't.
4. He could have made life easy for His followers but He didn't.
5. He could have relieved His own suffering on the cross but He wouldn't.

As, I prepare for the Christus series at Life Pointe, I am blown away by the man, Jesus.  He was fully God and fully man.  He chose to divest Himself of the privileges of being God while still assuming full responsibility of deity.  He experienced grief, suffering, pain, joy, blessings, and a full range of emotions.  Growing up, He scraped his knees like any child does.  He experienced the heartache that accompanies personal loss as somewhere along the line, Joseph died.

From heaven, he saw His creation reject His ways.  On earth, He was rejected by even His closest friends.  There are a lot of things Jesus could have done but He didn't because His love for us outweighed His desire to have His flesh satisfied.  Jesus was an amazing man.  He is an incredible God...the only God.  He didn't have to die for my sins.  Bu, thankfully He did.

15 Things That Inspire Me about the Man, Jesus

1. He was born in a barn.
2. He was true to His friends, even the one that was not true to Him.
3. He loved to work with his hands and create things.
4. He committed major social faux pas because it was the right thing to do.
5. He knew how to draw a crowd and drive His point home.
6. He knew how to get away from the crowd.
7. He rejected religious thinking in favor of thinking that honored God.
8. He enjoyed eating and hanging out with people who thought differently than he did.
9. He got severely ticked off at people who claimed to be religious leaders but did everything they could to discredit the name of God so they could instead advance their own agendas.
10. He left a legacy of compassion, strength, commitment, and trust for those He led.
11. He genuinely loved people.
12. He was totally human with emotions, a rational mind, and spirituality.
13. He affirmed the Scriptures while ridiculing the "cultural baggage" that had been added to the message of Jehovah over the years.
14. He was thinking about His mom as He took His last breaths.
15. He left life as an earthly man by giving words of empowerment to ordinary humanity. He empowered the masses with the words "Go" and "Love."

And, please add to the list!