No Ordinary Man

Examine the evidence. You will be forced to admit Jesus was no ordinary man. He was the Son of God!

One night a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, called on Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him” (John 3:2). There was no mistaking it, Jesus was no ordinary man.

The blind man, whose sight Jesus had restored, said to those who denied that Jesus had come from God: “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly man who does his will. Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing” (John 9:30-33).

John recorded a limited number of Jesus’ miracles (seven in all), but they were sufficient to prove him to be the Son of God, no ordinary man. John’s conclusion: “Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:30-31). Temple guards, dispatched to arrest him, returned empty-handed. Their only defense: “No one ever spoke the way this man does” (John 7:46). It was a compelling combination. What he did and said offered ample proof that he was the Son of God. Jesus was no ordinary man.

Nearly twenty centuries have passed since the events of the Gospels, but nothing has happened which would cause us to doubt the deity of Christ. There had never been another like him, nor would there ever be another like him again. He was unique, and the evidence shows him to have been divine.

Yes, there were many who questioned his identity. There were many doubters. There were many who died in unbelief. But, those who examined the evidence carefully with an honest heart and an open mind, could not help but say, “Truly this was the Son of God” (Matthew 27:54).

Before you dismiss him, examine the evidence. I am convinced you, too, will be forced to admit that he was no ordinary man. He was the Son of God!

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