THE GREAT ONE!

 "Art thou greater than ...? Art thou greater than ...?"

(Jn. 4:12; 8:53) 

JESUS IS THE GREAT ONE! The Bible tells of a man in Acts 8, Simon by name, who passed himself off to the people as a great one. But there is only one truly GREAT ONE. Christ is the greatest of the great. There have been many great men on this earth, "But Thou excellest them all." The scriptures tell us JESUS is greater than Jacob, Abraham, the Temple, Jonas, Solomon, and the devil, "Because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world." 

The following story illustrates what I am attempting to get over to you:

In 1715 King Louis XIV of France died after a reign of 72 years. He had called himself “the Great,” and was the monarch who made the famous statement, “I am the state!” His court was the most magnificent in Europe, and his funeral was equally spectacular. As his body lay in state in a golden coffin, orders were given that the cathedral should be very dimly lit with only a special candle set above his coffin, to dramatize his greatness. At the memorial, thousands waited in hushed silence. Then Bishop Massilon began to speak; slowly reaching down, he snuffed out the candle and said, “Only God is great.”

 There is only ONE big shot in heaven, the rest are only little squirts."

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