The real beauty of Jesus is found in His great love and sacrifice for sinners.
Look at the holes in His hands and feet. Look at the wounds on His back and side. Look at the punctures in His head where He wore a thorny crown for you and me.
A death on the cross is the most horrible form of execution known to mankind. Why did Jesus submit to such torture?
The plan of Christ was and still is to populate Heaven with sinners He has redeemed by His grace. I am part of that plan, and I am going to Heaven saved and justified. How about you?
Ephesians 2:8-9,13 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. . . . . . But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
We could spend days talking about all Jesus is to you and me—all He has done for us. Yet, when we sum it up, we would just have to say that He is altogether lovely.
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