"Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God..." This morning I was continually humming the chorus "Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me." Where can we find the "beauty" of Jesus? I saw this as a challenge, and began to jot down a few ideas. What follows is where I found the beauty of Jesus. The first thing I thought of was the love that Jesus has for people. The "manner of love" that the Father has bestowed upon us is the sending of His Son to live, die, arise and ascend for us. (And has promised to return for us...) We see the beauty of Jesus in many ways in the Gospels, but the greatest way that we see is the love that He had for people. Jesus said, "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends..." That is exactly what Jesus did for us on the cross. The second thing that I thought of was the purity of His life. "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin." Does this mean that in the entirety of His life on earth that Jesus never sinned. That is exactly what it means. He was the only person to ever achieve this level of purity. "He was tempted in all points as we are." This means that Jesus faced all of the temptations that we have and never sinned. The third thing that I thought of was Jesus' spirit of forgiveness. We read about this throughout the Gospels, but the one that comes to my mind is His prayer from the cross: "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34) To me, this is the apex of forgiveness. People usually faced this awful punishment by screaming and cursing, but Jesus only thought of us, and prayed for our forgiveness. (It was all of our sins that put Jesus on the cross, not just the sins of the people present that day.) I am certain that there is much more that could be added to Jesus' beauty, but if we can live His love, His purity and His spirit of forgiveness, the "beauty of Jesus" can be seen in us. Bro. Joe
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