A True Revolutionary

Dictionaries typically have more than one definition for the word “revolutionary”.

The definition most people think of is someone “supporting a political revolution”.

The one I prefer is someone “causing a great or complete change”.

If you want me to be completely honest, I consider Jesus to be a revolutionary.    

Not in the sense of a political revolution.

I consider Jesus to be a revolutionary because he brought about a great and complete change.

The change Jesus brought about was so great and so complete that the time of his birth is used to delineate time.

Time before His birth is designated as B. C. and the time after his birth is designated A. D.

Jesus brought about complete change but He was not at all what the world anticipated.

He did not arrive on the scene as a general or a military strategist.

He was not a powerful political leader.

He was not born to wealth and privilege.

He did not even grow up in a large and powerful city.

God sent His Son into the world in a completely unexpected way.

Jesus entered this world as a baby.

He was born to humble parents in a relatively obscure town.

It was not the powerful and influential that first learned of His arrival but simple shepherds.

Even as an adult, His life and teachings were not at all what the world expected.

He instructed us to love rather than hate.

He taught us that when wronged, we should forgive.

He never once sinned even when He experienced temptation, hunger, rejection, abandonment, ridicule, torture and more.

Jesus did not come into the world to conquer it.

Instead, He came into the world to die for it.

That is truly revolutionary!

2 Timothy 1:9-10 (NET) - He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

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