JOHN 7:46 “NO ONE EVER SPOKE LIKE THIS MAN DOES!”
The temple guards spoke here of Jesus – God – in the flesh (John 1.14). “The fullness of God dwelt in Him bodily” (Col. 2.9). “Oh, the depths of the riches of the (His) wisdom and knowledge” (Rom. 11.33). And, as high as the heavens are above the earth – unlimited is He (Is. 55.8-9; Ps. 147.5). All wisdom and knowledge is hidden in Him – and yet so little of it can be searched out by us (Col. 2.3; Dt. 29.29). We simply cannot handle it all (John 16.12). Jesus' voice carried such (all) authority (Mt. 7.29). He spoke in creation – and it happened – just as He said, and just as He planned before the foundation of the world (Gen. 1.3; Eph. 1.4). The wind and waves rise, fall, and halt at His command (Job 38.8-11; Mk. 4.41), because He is their Creator and God (Ps. 95.5). Truly, “No one ever spoke like this man does!”
Consider how our Lord's voice could be so gentle as He blessed little children (Mk. 10.16), and yet that same voice “thunders in powerful majesty over the waters, breaks the cedars of Lebanon, twists the oaks and strips the forests bare (Ps. 29.3-9), causes mountains to quake and the earth to tremble (Nahum 1.5) and melt (Ps. 46.6). His voice thunders from heaven – and “the valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at His rebuke” (Ps. 18.13-15). “No one ever spoke like this man does!”
Christ continues to speak to us today in a seemingly much more quiet manner through His Holy Word in Scripture – in which it seems even the church so often misses (Heb. 1.3). Yet, that voice is a lamp to light up our way in this dark world (Ps. 119.105; Phil. 2.15).
The authority of Christ's Word voiced abroad, has the power to call men and women out of the darkness and dominion of Satan and into God's marvellous light (Col. 1.13). “The gospel is the power of God for the salvation of all who would believe” (Rom. 1.16). “No one ever spoke like this man does!”.
Family of God, don't demand that the Son of God speak to you in some “spectacular” way, as many are doing – because if you do, you will miss a lot of hearing that He has to tell you from His Word. His voice is there in His Word to show you the way you should go (Isaiah 30.21).
When we listen to His voice through His Word, He will show us great and mighty things that we did not know (Jer. 33.3). Remember, “No one ever spoke like this man does!”
When you look for God's voice in what you may consider to be other “more exciting” ways, you will miss out on a wonderful intimacy with Him through simply spending time in His Word, that is available only to those who will seek Him out (Heb. 1.2). Remember the apostle John said,
“our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ (1 John 1.3)?
Our Lord does not scream out His secrets from the rooftops (Ps. 25.14). Through His Word He quietly whispers secrets to those who fer Him (1 Kings 19.11-13).
His voice was sweeter than honey to those who sought Him out (Ps. 119.102) – and Mary plunked herself down at His feet – as an example to us of the best position to learn from
(Luke 10.29) ... For “no one ever spoke like this man does!”
Don't miss out on the “still small voice” that shouts louder than the spectacular that surrounds and yet speaks an intimacy so profound.
Please, don't miss that voice that speaks from the pages of your Bible, for therein only lies the satisfying of your soul (Ps. 63.5). Instead, be like David who said, “I run in the path of Your Word (commands) because there is my delight” (Ps. 119.35). And, “My soul follows hard after thee” (Ps. 63.8). Let the Author of Life become more precious to you than all the counterfeit
attractions of this earth (Ps. 119.72). Pick up the Book, listen for His voice, and learn to love Him. For, “no one ever spoke like this man does!”
