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NASB | Isaiah 53:2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 53:2 For He [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender shoot (plant), And like a root out of dry ground; He has no stately form or majestic splendor That we would look at Him, Nor [handsome] appearance that we would be attracted to Him. |
Subject: Was Jesus Rich? |
Bible Note: Jesus was not rich. In fact, he was poor. Paul, in 2 Corinthians 8:9, notes that Jesus gave up his riches and became poor, for our sakes. “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich”. When was Jesus rich? And in what way? The fact is, Jesus is God. He made everything, and in that sense, everything belongs to him. “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him” (Colossians 1:16). He says, “Every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills” (Psalm 50:10). He says, “the world is mine, and the fulness thereof” (v.11). Again, the psalmist says, “The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof” (Psalm 24:1). When Jesus lived on this earth, he had nothing. He was born in a manger, in a stable (Luke 2). He had no home of his own (Matthew 8:20). He had made everything (John 1:2) and given it to us (Acts 17:25). Yet, when he was here, he was hungry and thirsty, and needed people to give him things (Mark 15:41, John 4:7). Still, he said he said he had not come to get, but to give what he had (Matthew 20:28). Specifically, he had come to give his life (Mark 10:45). One can only imagine the reason for the question, as there are people who claim to be servants of Jesus and seek to justify their desire for riches. That is curious, in light of Jesus’ statement that we should sell what we have and give to the poor as we come to follow him (Luke 12:33, etc). He said that we should lay up treasures in heaven and not on earth (Matthew 6:20). Paul warns us about wanting to be rich, saying that those who pursue riches pierce themselves through with many sorrows (1 Timothy 6:10). We should want to be like Jesus. “It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord” (Matthew 10:25). If we want to be like Jesus, we should “set our affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Colossians 3:2). Jesus advises us to get “true riches” (Revelation 3:18). We should be rich in good works (1 Timothy 6:18). Forget about getting rich the way the world does, ‘cause those things do not last (1 John 2:17). Jesus became poor, so that we might become rich, in good works. |