THE head of a large girls' school did quite an unusual thing one day. Instead of taking the Scripture class in the ordinary manner, she said, "I am going to write a few questions on the blackboard, and I want you all to answer them on the papers I am giving you. No one will see them but myself.”
These were some of the questions:
Who is the Lord Jesus Christ?
Why did He come into this world?
Has the knowledge of His coming into this world made any difference in your life?
What is a Christian?
Are you one?
The girls did their best in answering, and handed their papers to the headmistress.
One girl had answered especially well. To the question, "What is a Christian?" she had written, "A Christian is one who seeks to follow Christ." And as the answer to, “Are you one?" she had put, "Yes, I am; I asked the Lord Jesus to take me, and I am sure He has.”
Some of the answers were vague and incorrect, so at the next Scripture class, the head mistress went over the questions, as she saw by the answers that many of the pupils were not taught the knowledge of God at home.
She turned to the first question, "Who is the Lord Jesus Christ?”
"He is the Son of God, and not only the Son of God, which a great many people admit, and put their own meaning to the expression Son,' butte is God," she said.
"In John 1 we read, ' In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.' Then the Lord Jesus is also the Savior, for Jesus means Savior, as we find in Matt. 1:2121And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21), And thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.'”
She then turned to the Old Testament, and there read from Isa. 9, "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." There were many titles of the Lord Jesus written on the blackboard, and Very possibly Rev. 19:1616And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. (Revelation 19:16), where it is said, “He hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. "The Lord Jesus is seen in this chapter coming to reign and judge. He comes forth from heaven, clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.”
The mistress explained that the lowly Jesus, who walked this earth and died on the cross, is the same One who will be known as King of kings and Lord of lords. He calls us all to bow our hearts to Him now, and He will love us and care for us as the Good and Great Shepherd until we are all safely with Him forever.
All this was new to some of the pupils. I wonder if it is to you?
Jesus the Lord Jesus Christ asks you for your heart's allegiance. Will you give it to Him now without delay Then you will be able to answer the third question, and own that the coming of the Lord Jesus into this world has made a great difference in your life, for knowing Him and His love for you will have changed your whole outlook.