Isaiah 53:1 - 2 (KJV) 1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground:
he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
What were the things that made Jesus distinct?
What really drew the crowds to Him?
Isaiah leads me to believe that Jesus was an ordinary looking man. The gospels seem to give a nod to this by mentioning how Jesus just melted into the crowd when the Pharisees and Sadducees would look for Him with malicious intent. If he looked like the rest of the crowd, what made him stand out in the crowd? What is it that should make us stand out in the crowd? While I firmly believe in holiness and modesty, I sometimes get the feeling that there are many of those in the Pentecostal ranks that identify more with an external appearance then they do with what's on the interior bringing a radiant glow of glory to the exterior. Is it a clean shaven face or a piled up hairdo? Nothing wrong with either, but our true distinctive ought to be the shine of the Holy Ghost from a life save by grace. If the world does not get a sense of His love exuding from us, all the outward appearance we can command and demand is for naught.
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