The Beautiful One 如此美好

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He had no beauty or majesty . . . . By his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:2, 5

For more than 130 years, the Eiffel Tower has stood majestically over the city of Paris, a symbol of architectural brilliance and beauty. The city proudly promotes the tower as a key element of its magnificence.

As it was being built, however, many people thought little of it. Famous French writer Guy de Maupassant, for example, said it had “a ridiculous thin shape like a factory chimney.” He couldn’t see its beauty.

Those of us who love Jesus and have entrusted our hearts to Him as our Savior count Him as beautiful for who He is and what He’s done for us. Yet the prophet Isaiah penned these words: “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him” (53:2).

But the towering majesty of what He did for us is the truest, purest form of beauty that humans will ever know and experience. He “took up our pain and bore our suffering” (v. 4). 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” (v. 5).

We’ll never know anyone as beautiful—as majestic—as the one who suffered for us on the cross, taking the unspeakable punishment of our sins upon Himself.

That’s Jesus. The Beautiful One. Let’s look to Him and live. By: Dave Branon

How has Jesus revealed His beauty to you? What does it mean for you to find your only hope in Him?

Dear Beautiful One, thank You for Your selfless sacrifice for me.

祂无佳形美容，……因祂受的鞭伤，我们得医治。—以赛亚书53章2、5节

一百三十多年来，高耸入云的艾菲尔铁塔一直矗立在巴黎市中心，它已成为法国建筑界辉煌与美丽的象征。这个城市自豪地宣称，这座铁塔就是当地最宏伟的地标。

然而，当这座铁塔还在建造时，许多人却不以为然。法国著名作家莫泊桑（Guy de Maupassant）就曾嘲讽地说，这座塔的外形可笑，就像工厂的烟囱一样，有什么美？有什么好？

美好是由外在形象决定的吗？在我们这些爱耶稣并接受祂为救主的人心中，耶稣是美好的，这乃是因为祂的本质，以及祂为我们所做的一切。但先知以赛亚说﹕“祂没有佳形，也没有威仪，好叫我们仰慕祂；祂也没有美貌，使我们被祂吸引。”（以赛亚书53章2节，新译本）

然而，祂为我们所做的一切是何等伟大，更是人类所能认识和体验到最真实、最纯洁的美。祂“担当我们的忧患，背负我们的痛苦”（4节），“为我们的过犯受害，为我们的罪孽压伤。因祂受的刑罚，我们得平安；因祂受的鞭伤，我们得医治”（5节）。

有谁能像救主那样美好，那么威严，甘愿为你我被钉死在十字架上，亲自为了全人类的罪，承受那难以言喻的刑罚呢？

唯有耶稣，祂是美好的救主。让我们今天就仰望祂，为祂而活！作者： 白德夫

耶稣如何向你展现祂的美好？
唯独祂能让你有盼望，对你来说有何意义？