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Jesus, The Son Of Man - God's Puzzle Solved

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20 <strong>Jesus</strong>, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Son</strong> of <strong>Man</strong>Chief Among You<strong>Jesus</strong> told His Twelve Disciples, “You know that theprinces [rulers] of <strong>The</strong> Gentiles [without God] exercisedominion over them and they that are great exerciseauthority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:but whosoever will be great among you, let him be yourminister [servant]…Even as the <strong>Son</strong> of man came notto be ministered to, but to minister [a servant] and togive his life a ransom [payment to buy back] for many”(Matthew 20:25-28).<strong>Jesus</strong>, by His own choice, was a servant. By His freechoice, He gave His life for you. Christians and <strong>The</strong>Messianic Jews are to emulate <strong>The</strong> Messiah and becomeslaves to God. Faith demands free choice so youare free to choose and have complete liberty. “Becausethe creature [creation] itself also shall be delivered fromthe bondage [slavery] of corruption [death] into the glorious[God’s goodness] liberty of the children of God”(Romans 8:21). At times, you place yourself under thedominion of others to become successful. Once thegoal of being taught or the work is accomplished, theslave is to be released.In <strong>The</strong> Book of Philemon, <strong>The</strong> Apostle Paul urges Philemon,the master of Onesimus (a slave), to free himand give him liberty as a fellow Christian. Paul evenoffered to be a ransom, like Christ, to pay Philemonfor his slave’s freedom. Paul reminded Philemon thathe owed his life to Paul because of <strong>The</strong> Gospel. Godlinessis liberty. To give <strong>The</strong> Gift of Liberty requiresfaith through “God – In You” and “You – In Him.” It

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