In a recent poll
in Australia, a staggering 54% in response to the question, “Who
is the most influential person in history?” answered “Jesus
Christ”. This figure is all the more remarkable considering
that Albert Einstein came a very poor second with 16% and
Charles Darwin an even poorer third with 9%.
But why? What was
it about Jesus Christ that set him apart, and led so many to
believe that he was the most influential person in history?
The written record
of his life gives us the answer: his conception in the virgin’s
womb, his perfect life, his irrefutable miracles, his teaching
of such wisdom and timeless relevance, and uniquely his death
and resurrection.
Indeed, such was the impact of his teaching that
on one occasion when officers of the Jewish ruling council were
sent to arrest him, they instead listened to him with rapt
attention. When challenged as to why they returned
empty-handed, their frank response was “never man spake like
this man” 1.
Jesus Christ clearly
was no ordinary man.
This man
says Paul (the apostle) is the “Lord from heaven”
2.
Christ’s own crystal clear testimony was that he “came down
from heaven” 3,
that he was “from above” 4.
The Bible, the book comprehensively endorsed by Jesus Christ as
the book of God, is replete with teaching
concerning his pre-existence and deity.
Jesus Christ is the Incarnate God.
This is surely why He is unique in human
history. No one could be like him. Why then did our God, as
man, enter this morally corrupt world? The Bible gives the
succinct answer: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save
sinners” 5.
You then can be saved.
