I’ve shared several scenes from this series, The Chosen. If you spend time in the scriptures, particularly the Gospel of John, this series acts out many of the things written about the life of Jesus and his disciples. The series is powerful. What is even more powerful is the life that Jesus lived on earth, the example he lived out, the miraculous things that he did, and the death he suffered for us. When I watch this series it is hard to not be overcome with emotion about what a real man Jesus is. And he was a real man. Not a character on TV.

 

It also makes me consider the awful things that go on in this world, and how those things may not happen if more people turned to the Father for their salavtion, peace, and lifestyle. I was scrolling through my Twitter feed Monday night and the things I saw were very troubling. The way people act. The things they do to get attention. Physical violence, dishonoring God, glorifying themselves.

I hear people talk about fictional characters on TV as though the things they do are real. Whether it be a case that a detective brilliantly solved, or the way a ranch owner took care of business forcefully with an out of line ranch hand, or the way people live their lives on just about any Netflix series.

It makes me wonder what my Twitter feed may look like if more people used Jesus as the example. He walked the earth among us. There were hundreds of witnesses and accounts of the life he lived here, the miracles he performed. There is much written about the kind of man he was. He did and can solve anything, he speaks truths in the name of God, he defeats spritual evil everyday, and he knows what is really in your heart. He is there in the suffering. He was tested just like you and me. He stands on the truth and in him there is no sin at all. He knows we will sin and fall short of who he is. And he will never condemn us as long as we trust in him and try to obey him.

Jesus was and is Real. And he is The Real Man.

That is the kind of stuff I want to watch on TV. I hope you do too. Check it out.