One More

ACTS 7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, a prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me, him shall ye hear.
ACTS 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

I once heard a sermon titled, “Humpty Dumpty” using the English nursery rhyme as an illustrative sermon. The message which was profoundly delivered was about the fall of man and the only remedy for his condition. As the rhyme goes, “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put ‘Humpty Dumpty’ back together again.” Using these words as an analogy, the preacher spoke of how the great fall of Adam and thus all of humanity, was plunged into sin. God began to send His servants and saints, (“the king’s horses and the king’s men”) to save mankind, only to find that the hearts of man grew worse and worse. Noah was rejected as was Moses, Elijah, Jeremiah, and all those down through time who tried to proclaim and expose sin. The emphasis being, the need of “ONE MORE”, and that was Christ.

As the message went on, the preacher used an allegorical scene of God calling a conference in Heaven to discuss the tragedy of man. Truth and Justice sat on one side of the table and Grace and Mercy on the other. The Father and Son were seated at each end. The Father spoke up, “What shall we do with mankind who has trampled all my servants under foot whom I have sent to turn them around.” Truth then spoke up and said, “Your prophets have risen early and proclaimed your Word to humanity and they have refused, so I move that we send Justice and destroy them. Justice answered, “I second the motion.” Then on the other side of the table Grace spoke up. “I would like to table that motion and recommend that we send ‘ONE MORE’. The priests and prophets have been sent and it has not improved man’s condition, but if the SON were sent, He could by LOVE do what no other would be able to do.” Mercy spoke up, “I second the motion.” The Father looked at ‘THE SON’ and said, “Will you go knowing they will hate you, laugh, mock, and ultimately crucify you?” The beloved Son stands and says, “Father prepare me a body.” The old preacher proclaimed about Jesus coming and being rejected and put on the cross, but he emphasized the cross was the worst thing Satan could have done to Christ because Jesus said, “If I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto Me.”

Thus, Salvation for mankind was majestically, miraculously, and marvelously accomplished through JESUS’ BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH, BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION. THE ONE MORE which was “THE JUST ONE.”

This illustration was used in an animated and fictional form of course; however, the story proclaims a great lesson of truth. This is the point: As great as Moses was in leading the children of Israel out of Egypt and the giving of the law, and all the messages and illustrated lives of the priests and prophets, there was the need of another. THE ONE MORE. Think of Noah and Elijah, David, Samuel, Jeremiah. All were blessed men of faith sent from God, but still the condition of man’s heart was on evil and getting worse. JESUS was to be the only remedy for the tremendous fall of man. ONE MORE!!!

There were many Sacrifices made over thousands of years, but there was a need of ONE MORE…HIS NAME IS JESUS.

There were many Priests who mediated for mankind through the offerings to God, but there was the need of ONE MORE… HIS NAME IS JESUS.

There were many Prophets who brought God’s Word to the people, but there was the need of ONE MORE…HIS NAME IS JESUS

THANK GOD HE SENT “ONE MORE” WHO WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD OR WOULD DO THE MORE THAT WAS NEEDED FOR OUR HEARTS