For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
This verse makes more sense to me now that any time previous in my forty years as a pastor.
This last year I’ve heard more of the wildest accusations than ever before.
There have always been those who accuse Christianity of terrible atrocities.[1]
As a Baptist I agree that Catholicism and Protestantism is corrupted, but there were always Christians who were not a part of that. They were, in fact, the target of Catholics and, later, Protestants.
There are people now willing to curse at Christ personally.
There are people now who not only don’t believe in the resurrection of Christ but believe that Jesus was fabricated more than 100 years after the fact.
So far as they are concerned there truly “is no beauty that we should desire him.”
I’m thinking, however, of another account in Acts when the Eunuch, reading this same passage, asked of whom the passage spoke. Stephen was able to point the Eunuch to Jesus Christ.
The Word of God is true and people, even those who are not Jews, have believed it to be true.
The attack on the Bible will not successfully stop the progress of faith but it has created an unprecedented confidence among those hateful against Christ.
#ChristUnveiled #BeautyInTruth #FaithUnderFire #AttacksOnBelief #BiblicalConfidence
Accusations to Convictions: The Beauty in Isaiah 53
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Isaiah 53:2 (KJV) Accusations to Convictions
[1] Christianity so-called has committed horrible things but it’s not the full story. To throw out Christ on account of those who have abused His teachings is ludicrous.
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