Messiah's Missing Description

Thursday, July 27, 2023

When you read a biography, there's usually some description of the person. Even before photographs, there were drawings, paintings, records and descriptions. Julius Caesar was tall and thin. Alexander the Great was clean-shaven and so on. But in the Gospels, there's no description of what Messiah looked like, other than he had a beard. Messianic prophecy about Him in Isaiah 53 says, "He has no form that we should be attracted to Him." Paul says, "We do not know Messiah after the flesh." Because He's about truth and truth is not about appearance. So when you follow Him, you must live by faith and not by sight. We're to be people who don't live by what we see. God wants you to be less dependent on your physical senses and more in tuned with living by His Spirit. The things that we see are passing away. The things that we can't see are forever. So look away from what's seen and live more by His Spirit, by truth, the Word and by Him who is beyond description. He's the One who can only be seen with the eyes of faith.

From Message #510 - You Don't See Him