thought that He was more than He was! I could not conceive of a lower idea of Jesus Christ than that. This would not only make Him out an impostor; but that He was out of His mind, and that He did not know who He was, or where He came from. Now if Jesus Christ was not what He claimed to be, the Saviour of the world; and if He did not come from heaven, He was a gross deceiver.
But how can anyone read the life of Jesus Christ and make Him out a deceiver?
A man has generally some motive for being an impostor. What was Christ’s motive? He knew that the course He was pursuing would conduct Him to the cross; that His name would be cast out as vile; and that many of His followers would be called upon to lay down their lives for His sake.
Nearly every one of the apostles were martyrs; and they were considered as offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. If a man is an impostor, he has a motive at the back of his hypocrisy.
But what was Christ’s object? The record is that “He went about doing good.” This is not the work of an impostor.
Do not let the enemy of your soul deceive you.
In John 5:21 we read:
“For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom He will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father which hath sent Him.”