WE CAN LOOK JUST LIKE HIM

Have you ever thought of the possibility that Jesus might have looked a lot like you and me? I’m fascinated by what Judas (the betrayer) told the chief priests, the Temple guard, and all those who would arrest Jesus.

Mat 26:48 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.”

Why did Judas need to tell them which one was Jesus? Jesus was extremely popular. Did he have features that kind of looked like everyone else so that they wouldn’t be sure? Did he look almost like a twin brother to many other faces? Was he one of those faces that everyone would say – “haven’t we met before?”

When Jesus went to the cross, I believe he had a piece of every single one of us in him, and when he died, we all died with him. Maybe in some way, shape, or form, we all look like him to a degree. The word of God says that he became poor so that we could be rich. 2Cor 8:9 He became sin so that we could be righteous. 2Cor 5:21 He was wounded for our transgressions, and he was bruised for our iniquities. Isa 53:5 He was rejected so that we could be accepted. Isa 53:3 He took our weakness and failure so that everything God is, we could become! He became fully man so that we could be fully intimate with Him! Wow! The thought so blesses me that he became flesh and took upon himself my sin and shame. Yes, He who knew no sin became sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2Cor 5:21 It is as if Jesus came to look like us so that… 

WE CAN LOOK JUST LIKE HIM