Good Morning Friends,
“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to
him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and
rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from
whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he
took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken
by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought
us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:2-5)
Why do people follow Jesus?
It’s not His charm. He was blunt. He didn’t
allow people to hide their sins. He pointed out their sins. He told it like it
is.
It’s not His physical appearance. He was
rough and simple, with no physical beauty.
It’s not His accomplishments. What did He
accomplish? He gathered a few hundred followers. He had a very short teaching
ministry (just three years). He built nothing, invented nothing, gathered no
money, founded no empire.
Yet, there is something about Jesus that
attracts people! Hundreds of years before He was even born, Isaiah would
prophesy about it. It’s what He did for us that attracts us. He sacrificed Himself
for us: what love! He paid the price for our sins: what mercy! He invites us to
be His family: what grace!
What Jesus did is not pretty, it’s just the
thing we need most in all the world. He took our sin upon Himself. He allowed
Himself to be punished with the punishment we have earned and fully deserve.
That’s why people follow Him. That’s why I
follow Him. Don’t you?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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