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 mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted,yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open
his mouth. Isaiah 53:2-7
Meditation:
Jesus Christ is the manifestation of the fullness of God's love for all mankind. When the world was at its worst, God sent His son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins and set us free from the bondage of the enemy. There was no one else who could have done this for us without any ulterior motives. God simply did this because of His love for us, not because we deserved it.
Before Jesus was born the Isralelites were living under the Law. That law was full of animal sacrifices, rules, and rituals that they needed to do in a certain manner and at certain times. The sacrifices they had to offer to God depended on the sins they had commited.
The people had different attitudes, some people were obedient, some people were rebellious, some people just ignored God altogether. But they all had one thing in common: sin. There was nothing mankind could do to resolve it. Many had tried to fulfill the law in their own power but they could not do it. All the sacrifices that were done to atone for the sins of the children of Israel were done on a regular basis because they were unable to stop sinning. Sin had a powerful grip over the people and it brought out the worst in them. We were redeemed through the blood of Jesus Christ, reconciled to God, the Father. It is only through Jesus Christ that we can be children of God. There is no other way. Our lives have been justified by the sacrifice Jesus Christ made on our behalf. All of this done out of love and nothing else. Now we no longer live under the laws of the old Testament, but thanks to Jesus Christ we are now living under the grace of God. The greatest gift God could ever give.....Jesus Christ was the ultimate sacrifice...the Lamb of God. Our powerful Savior and Redeemer. When you think about the magnitude of this great gift, it is more than enough to make you want to dance for joy forever. When we think of the love of God, all we have to do is think of Jesus because that is where it is all shown. Jesus Christ is the evidence of the depth of the love God has for us.
Prayer:
Father in Heaven, Thank you! For your Amazing Grace and Love for us, For sending your Son Jesus Christ, our Loved and Blessed Savior,Who paid in full for the our sins indeed!! Help us to continue to invite everybody to Accept Jesus Christ as their Personal Savior. In the name of your son, Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!
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