Why Jesus Came

"You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight."
Luke 16:15

From artists renderings of Jesus the man, I always think of Jesus as very handsome. He is shown with a kind and thoughtful face and long wavy hair. He's always tall and thin and most often portrayed as good looking.

I also just assumed that since his father is God, then of course God would hand out all the best physical attributes possible to his one and only son.

From my standpoint, it's the good-looking people who have the much easier time in life. Don't we all want to look the best we can?

It was not until recently that I came across this revealing bit of scripture in Isaiah 53:2.

"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him."

Not beautiful by our standards, but the "light of the world". How about that?

Using dry erase markers, write your favorite inspirational verse on the top of your bathroom mirror.

Are you feeling down? Find a verse on being thankful.
Are you in the best mood ever? Look in Psalms for scripture on praising.
Need some help? Psalm 121 is one of my favorites.

Choose whatever you need the most to remember for that day or week and change it whenever you want. Every time you, or a family member, or guest visit the bathroom, he or she will see the message!

Get the kids involved in picking out the messages too and if they are old enough, let them write their own. (Be sure they use only dry erase markers! oops..)

Here are some to get you started.

It is faulty and wishful thinking when people believe that they will be welcomed into heaven at the end of their lives because they were good people.

How good is good enough to get into Heaven? Won't most people think that they are good enough?

The bible says that the broad road carrying many people will lead to destruction, not heaven. Perhaps if you are thinking that just because you believe like the majority of people around you that you will be fine, you should think again.

"Enter through the narrow gate.
For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destrucion, and many enter through it.
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
Matthew 7:13 & 14

I'm sure you must be basically a good person, but are you on the Narrow Road?

It's good to have a teacher to point you in the right direction, but the Bible is there for all of us to read for ourselves. Don't just take someone elses word for it, find out for yourself what God says. The more you know the brighter the path.