A.W. Tozer is one of my favorite authors. He packs a powerful punch - and boy does he do so as in this book. So far, the book has been an exhortation on the first few verses of the Gospel of John, but all that is written points me directly to thinking all about Jesus Christ. And that is a good thing. That is a very good thing.
Chapter 4 turns us to John 1:11 which says "He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him." From the last post I put up, I wrote on the eternalness of Jesus. From here, Tozer moves on to speak of how Jesus created this world. And now, He steps into what He has created. Think about that for a moment - Jesus created everything, yet was separated from it. Only a creator could touch what they have made, but to enter into it - that is something only the Creator could enter.
And Tozer has us dwell on the idea of hope that produces. "He came" - wow. Look a little bit longer in that sentence. "He came to His own." That which He made and belonged to Him, He came to and longed to be with. What a beautiful picture of love that paints of Jesus to me!
Now, we know when Jesus came. The Jews were the chosen people at this time. They had the information of a messiah coming. They had the Old Testament Scriptures. And yet, when Jesus came, they did not recognize Him. How sad.
How much are we like the Jews? I'm afraid more than we would like to admit.
I'll save a little bit for you to check this book out and read for your own, but it speaks volumes of how wonderful Jesus is. And as we grow in our Christian faith, people of remembrance are who we are to become. We need to remember Jesus and draw near to Him!
Blessings and love to you all!
Brandon
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