Review: The Greatest Thing in the World; Henry Drummond

-¤¤¤¤ "Who is Christ? He who fed the hungry, clothed the naked, visited the sick. And where is Christ? Where? - whoso shall revieve a little child in My name recieveth Me. And who are Christ's? Every one that loveth is born of God." This is a terrible book. Its much like A Robert Schuller book, and others in the same vain - Rick Warren. Most people miss the most important critical factor. I have owned the book for a number of years and have finally gotten around to looking at it. This Jesus portrayed her is not the Jesus of the Bible, but a new Social Justice Jesus. This Jesus is one to spure us on to good deads so that we might feel better about our short existence. The way that these books show up their failure is in who there Jesus is. Rick Warren's, I will get to later, is all about giving US purpose. Drummonds was about "good" works. Charles Schullers is about feelings. In the quote above everything appears correct, to take a line from the book it not merely acts of commision but omision.

• He misses the Miracles of Jesus, this because Jesus was not God
• He Misses The Death and resurection

Jesus was more than a mere teacher, much more. He was and is God. To be a Christian is not to act godly, but to be Godly from being Godly Godly actions will follow, but if this is turned arround Godlyness does not follow, self-righteousness does. But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. James 2:18 The only way to Godlyness is through faith and living in Christ payment for our sins on the Cross. Only a pure sacrifice will pay the price for me and anyone else, not good actions, deeds or thoughts. Only Christ blood, but we have to accept it. we have to come to the point were we acknowledge that we are incapable of getting to heaven on our own. Everyone wants to get to heaven on there own, buy the ticket and fly the plane, Jesus said "I am the way, the Truth, and the Life NO ONE gets to the father but through ME" The Greatest Thing in the World Henry Drummon FRSE,FGS 1900(?)