Powerful Messages

I was just reading a quote that said, "Mahatma Gandhi was a man that left many powerful messages for humanity."

Now, not to take anything from Gandhi, but I ask myself, "What is a powerful message?"

To me, the most powerful message that a person can leave with humanity is this:

"Jesus Christ is the Messiah!"

It may not be an "original" thought. (Is there any such thing as an original thought?) But, this is the one message that God wants passed down to all the generations that ever existed on this planet. This is the ultimate message and the most powerful message to humanity!

If you could ask the martyrs who willingly (and oftentimes joyfully) laid down their lives for this Truth, they would agree with me. 

No matter what powerful messages men of renown have left, unless those men or women emulated Christ, their messages lacked the true power. Unless their message directed us to Jesus, they were missing the mark.

We need to be very careful about man worshiping. This is a pitfall seen throughout history to ultimately bring about the worship of false gods. 

Buddha is one example of a man who apparently gave many "powerful messages" to humanity. People got their eyes on the man and his words and it became man worship to the point that now, millions of people around the world bow down to images of this human being. To add to the folly, it presented an inroad for many evil demons to jump on the band wagon of receiving adoration and sacrifices from deceived and deluded worshipers. It all started with a man. But, men were never meant to be worshiped as God.

When Caesar spoke so eloquently that the audience cried out, "It is the voice of a god!" guess what happened to him? He fell down dead and was eaten with worms! God did not like it. And, you can understand why. 

False gods send people to hell. Besides which, they sure do waste a lot of their followers time and consume their devoted sacrifices. What a waste! To spend your time chasing a lie!

So, that's why we have to be careful not to get our eyes on men/women. If someone does do something "wonderful", give God the glory for working through that person! Give God all the glory all the time because, really, He's the Only One Who deserves it all!