Isaiah 53:2 He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
The Holy Bible tells us much about Jesus the first time that He came to earth. He was born of a virgin; He lived a sinless life and He died a cruel death on the cross. Only three days later, He arose from the dead and was victorious over the grave!
Yes, the Holy Scriptures tell us much about the things Jesus said and the things He did. He healed the sick, He opened blinded eyes. He fed multitudes with only five small breads and two small fish. He taught the people with authority and power.
His very own followers did not understand Him, but they knew the power and anointing He possessed had truly come from God. Even at twelve years of age, His wisdom and understanding of Scriptures amazed the wisest men in the land. He calmed the storms on the sea and He preached more beautiful words than anyone has ever heard.
He was beaten, bruised, stripped of His clothing, and scourged with a whip. A crown of thorns was placed on His head and when He was accused falsely, He never opened His mouth to argue or defend Himself. Finally, He allowed men to nail Him to a cross in order to die and pay the price of your sins and mine.
Why did Jesus suffer all of these things? He did it for one reason: He loves you and wants to bring you into fellowship with God. Sin separated man from God. But that didn’t cause God to destroy us instantly. No, John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” This continues in the next verse 17, “For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.”
Jesus said, “…I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 Don’t ever believe that soldiers took the life of Jesus away from Him by force. He said in John 10:17, “…I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from Me but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.”
You have never known anyone that loved you like this. Ephesians 5:25 says, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it.” You know for certain that someone loves you when they are willing to lose their own life for you! Jesus gave His own life so that you might have your sins forgiven and allow you to live with Him forever and ever.
Dear friend, the love of Jesus is the Greatest Love this world has ever known! If no one else in the whole world needed salvation except you, Jesus would still have given His life just for you. John 15:13 and 14, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for His friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.” Come to Jesus and experience this Greatest Love!
