Sunday, April 18, 2010

As Humans our view of Christ, the son of God is extremely limited. More than we realize. We picture Him as handsome & perfect. But Isaiah, a prophet of God said something very different:
Isaiah 53:2-5
2 The servant grew up before God—a scrawny seedling,
a scrubby plant in a parched field.
There was nothing attractive about him,
nothing to cause us to take a second look.
3 He was looked down on and passed over,
a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand.
One look at him and people turned away.
We looked down on him, thought he was scum.
4 But the fact is, it was our pains he carried—
our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us.
We thought he brought it on himself,
that God was punishing him for his own failures.
5 But it was our sins that did that to him,
that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins!
He took the punishment, and that made us whole.
Through his bruises we get healed.

That is totally different than we think. Sounds like somewhat of a loser to me, but He died for my sins?

Our view is totally different because all we “see” is on the outside of the person, the looks. But all God sees is our heart.

Which makes sense because all of our things (pictures, characters, etc.) depicts just what we see and so that makes us happy.

But Isaiah (who couldn’t see Him like we can’t) described Him very differently than we are comfortable with.

And for some religions people who do good things are voted in as Saints and people pray to them.

Is this the way things are?

Well, I’m not God but it doesn’t make much sense to me. And it doesn’t agree with the Isaiah (a prophet of God) said.

So possibly we should reevaluate our view of Christ.

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