202. Christ, the Great One<\/p>\n
\u201cHe Shall Be Great\u201d Luk_1:32<\/p>\n
This is one of the positive statements Gabriel gave to Mary regarding the Infant Christ. There are seven \u201cshalt\u2019s\u201d and \u201cshall\u2019s.\u201d The \u201cshalt\u201d of incarnation: \u201cThou shalt conceive;\u201d the \u201cshalt\u201d of designation: \u201cshalt call His Name Jesus;\u201d the \u201cshall\u201d of exaltation: \u201cHe shall be great;\u201d the \u201cshall\u201d of determination: \u201cshall be called the Son of the Highest;\u201d the \u201cshall\u201d of identification: \u201cThe Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His Father David;\u201d the \u201cshall\u201d of dominion: \u201cHe shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;\u201d and the \u201cshall\u201d of continuation: \u201cOf His Kingdom there shall be no end.\u201d Christ is great in many ways.<\/p>\n
1. \u201cGreat God\u201d in Being. \u201cOur Great God and Saviour\u201d (Tit_2:13, R.V., margin). He is great in many ways. Great in Nature, for He is \u201cLove;\u201d great in Character, for He is holy; great in Name, for He is Jehovah; great in Creation, for His works declare His skill; great in Revelation, for He expresses the Father; great in Promise, for He is \u201cyea and amen;\u201d and He is great in Purpose, for He is the Sum of all things.<\/p>\n
2. \u201cGreat Love\u201d in Action. \u201cGreat love wherewith He loved us\u201d (Eph_2:4), To take only the setting of this statement, we see seven things love does among the many, namely, quickens in His life, saves by His grace, raises by His power, fashions us by His skill, makes us nigh by His Blood, reconciles by His Cross, and gives us access by His Spirit\u2014Eph_2:4-18.<\/p>\n
3. \u201cGreat Salvation\u201d in Blessing\u2014Heb_2:3. Salvation is at least a sevenfold blessing. God is its Author, Christ is its Embodiment, man is its object, the Holy Spirit is its Power, deliverance is its meaning, holiness is its fruit, and glory is its consummation.<\/p>\n
4. \u201cGreat Mercy\u201d in Grace. \u201cGreat is His mercy towards them that fear Him\u201d (Psa_103:11). Mercy is lovingkindness in action. Joseph\u2019s lovingkindness to his brethren, David\u2019s to Mephibosheth, Ahasuerus\u2019 to Esther, Boaz\u2019s to Ruth, the Good Samaritan to the robbed, and Christ in His many acts of mercy.<\/p>\n
5. \u201cGreat Power\u201d in Operation. \u201cGreat is our Lord and of great power\u201d (Psa_147:5). See how His power is stated in Psalms 147. Ponder the setting of the words, \u201chealeth,\u201d \u201cbindeth,\u201d \u201ctelleth,\u201d \u201clifteth,\u201d \u201ccasteth,\u201d \u201ccovereth,\u201d \u201cpre-pareth,\u201d \u201cgiveth,\u201d \u201cmaketh,\u201d \u201cfilleth,\u201d \u201csendeth,\u201d \u201csheweth,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n
6. \u201cGreat Light\u201d in Revelation. \u201cPeople that sat in darkness saw great light\u201d (Isa_9:2). In all the religions of the world they only lead man in on himself to fruitless effort to be good, and into the bogs of despair and the darkness of uncertainty; but not so with Christ, in Him is light to illuminate, life to quicken, love to inspire, liberty to free, bread to satisfy, joy to gladden, and power to be.<\/p>\n
7. \u201cGreat Rock\u201d in Protection. \u201cShadow of a great rock in a weary land\u201d (Isa_32:2). Weariness and woe in all around us. Sorrow and pain oft distress us. Trials and temptations often haunt and harass us. Things often seem to go wrong, and we know not what to do. Then the Saviour is found to be all we need as we shelter beneath His protecting presence; and as we nestle under Him we realise the warmth of His heart, the power of His hand, and the sufficiency of His grace.<\/p>\n
8. \u201cGreat Shepherd\u201d in Power. \u201cGreat Shepherd of the sheep\u201d (Heb_13:20). Sin, Hell, death, disease, and the grave all stood in His way when He was on earth, but He banished disease, put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, conquered the powers of Hell, vanquished death, and was victorious over the grave. Now He can overcome our enemies, keep us by His power, and lovingly tend us by His sufficient grace.<\/p>\n
9. \u201cGreat King\u201d in Splendour. \u201cThe city of the Great King\u201d (Psa_48:2). None so great as He. He is glorious in holiness, munificent in grace, beautiful in character, unsurpassed in love, exceptional in giving, constant in care, faithful in promise, almighty in power, victorious in battle, altogether lovely in appearance, and righteous in rule.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
202. Christ, the Great One \u201cHe Shall Be Great\u201d Luk_1:32 This is one of the positive statements Gabriel gave to Mary regarding the Infant Christ. There are seven \u201cshalt\u2019s\u201d and \u201cshall\u2019s.\u201d The \u201cshalt\u201d of incarnation: \u201cThou shalt conceive;\u201d the \u201cshalt\u201d of designation: \u201cshalt call His Name Jesus;\u201d the \u201cshall\u201d of exaltation: \u201cHe shall be great;\u201d … Continue reading “0205. 202. Christ, the Great One”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}