Like Jesus in This World

“Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The

disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He

got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the

wind died down and it was completely calm…They were terrified and asked each

other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!””

The Lord Jesus, when He walked the earth, was a marvel and

master over circumstances. One day, the disciples, in awe of Him, asked the

question we read in our opening verse. This was after He hushed a billowing

tempest to sleep. On another occasion, the disciples had sailed far out at sea

when they suddenly saw a figure walking towards them on the water; it was

Jesus. Again, they wondered, “What manner of man is this that defies nature?”

Think about His ascension to heaven! He simply levitated and

went through the clouds into heaven. It pays to know who Jesus really is. Until

you know Him, you can’t have true faith in Him, and you wouldn’t know yourself.

Here’s something most extraordinary: anyone who believes in Jesus receives the

same life that He has. John 1:12-13 says, “But as many as received Him, to them

He gave the right to become children of God… who were born, not of blood, nor

of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

Notice that the latter part says you’re born of God, meaning that you’re born of the same Word that became Jesus. 1 Peter 1:23 says, “Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.” James 1:18 NIV says, “He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.” We’re in the same class and manner of men as Jesus, because we’re offspring of the Word.