The center of Christianity is Christ. As simple as that sounds, the very destiny of all humanity revolves around Him. Only Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Savior of mankind, is worthy of our unconditional worship and obedience. I think the following anonymous poem, “One Guy Didn't,”1 says it well:
Three guys were tried for crimes against humanity.
.....Two guys committed crimes.
..........One guy didn't.
Three guys were given government trials.
.....Two guys had fair trials.
..........One guy didn't.
Three guys were whipped and beaten.
.....Two had it coming.
..........One guy didn't.
Three guys were given crosses to carry.
.....Two guys earned their crosses.
..........One guy didn't.
Three guys were mocked and spit at along the way.
.....Two guys cursed and spit back.
..........One guy didn't.
Three guys agonized over their abandonment.
.....Two guys had reason to be abandoned.
..........One guy didn't.
Three guys talked while hanging on their crosses.
.....Two guys argued.
..........One guy didn't.
Three guys knew death was coming.
.....Two guys resisted.
..........One guy didn't.
One, Two, Three guys died on three crosses.
.....Three days later two guys remained in their graves.
..........One guy didn't.
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!” (Luke 24:5b-6a).
1 Poem borrowed from The Poulos Family Bi-annual Newsletter 10:2 (Winter 2004).
