Reflecting on Christ

Consider Jesus Christ, the Messiah:

• He came from the eternal bosom of His Father – to a region of sorrow and death;
• God – manifested in flesh;
• Creator – made a creature;
• He that was clothed with glory – should be wrapped with the rags of flesh;
• He that filled heaven and earth with his glory – should be cradled in a manger;
• The God of Israel – fled with his parents to Egypt;
• That the God of the Law – should be subject to the Law;
• The God that made the heavens – worked at Joseph’s homely trade;
• That He that binds the devils in chains – should be tempted;
• That He, whose is the world, and the fullness thereof – should hunger and thirst;
• That the God of Strength – should be weary;
• That His head, before which angels (and saints) do cast down their crowns – should be crowned with thorns;
• Whose hands hold the scepter of heaven and whose feet, “like burnished bronze” – should be nailed to the cross for man’s sins;
• The Judge of all flesh – condemned;
• The God of life – put to death;
• That He that is one with His Father – should cry out of misery, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
• That He who had the keys of hell and death – should lie imprisoned in the sepulcher of another.

Consider Him who endured from sinners such hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. Heb. 12:3

Adapted from Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices, Banner of Truth, p. 36-37.

Our Lives: a Sermon that None Can Escape

"We cannot live to ourselves only in this world. Our lives will always be doing either good or harm to those who see them. They are a silent sermon which all can read. It is sad indeed when they are a sermon for the devil's cause, and not for God's. I believe that far more is done for Christ's kingdom by the holy living of believers than we are at all aware of. There is a reality about such living which makes men feel, and obliges them to think. It carries a weight and influence with it which nothing else can give. It makes religion beautiful, and draws men to consider it, like a lighthouse seen afar off. The day of judgment will prove that many besides husbands have been won "without a word" by a holy life (1 Peter 3:1). You may talk to persons about the doctrines of the gospel, and few will listen, and fewer still understand. But your life is an argument that none can escape."

J. C. Ryle, Holiness, 1877, p 50.

Like a mint with your coke?

A couple of the guys here at work are renown for their mentos in a coke demonstration. Today, I was given this, and it was too funny to keep to myself. These guys are from EepyBird, not the two guys here at work. But it's still fun. If you don't know the science behind it, the mentos (mint) causes massive release of the carbon dioxide that's trapped in solution. The release causes the coke to need to escape. Thus...the experiment!