Behold the Man

[Fragrant Grace]

Behold the Man!
John 19:5

Brothers and sisters
How beautiful it is to behold the Man
The Man Jesus
Our Lord and King

May this devotional bless you as you read it, as you consider Jesus

Behold the Man!..... James Smith, 1865

They scourge Him, crown Him with thorns, clothe Him with an old purple robe, smite Him with their fists — and now Pilate brings Him forth, saying, "Behold the Man!"

In His whole life He was holy, harmless, undefiled, full of mercy, and went about doing good. Yet, because He condemned sin, and required submission to God's righteousness — He was hated, persecuted, and murdered!

Let us behold this Man! He exercised all the virtues which could adorn humanity. See His meekness, gentleness, patience, faith, fortitude, pity, and perfect love to God and man. O lovely character! O perfect pattern of holiness!

Behold — and adore Him heartily.
Behold — and trust in Him implicitly.
My soul, behold the man!

See
His grief-stricken countenance,
His battered frame,
His breaking heart,
His bleeding brow;
He is enduring all this for you!

Behold Him, and . . .
do not doubt His love,
nor question His veracity,
nor fear your foes,
nor dread your heavenly Father's wrath!

Behold Him, as . . .
the proof of God's love to you,
the confirmation of all the promises made to you,
the pledge of all the blessings set before you.

Behold Him — and sympathize with Him; look on the pierced One, and "mourn for Him."

Behold Him — and give yourself afresh unto Him!

Behold Him — and crucify your flesh with its passions and lusts.

Behold Him — until a deep impression is made upon your heart, and the love of sin departs!

Behold Him — if tempted to murmur, or complain, or repine at any of the dispensations of Divine Providence.

Behold Him — when Satan or the world allures you to sin, or would draw you away from your God.

Behold Him — when death stares you in the face, and the grave is ready for you.

"Behold the Man!"

Behold — and love Him more!
Behold — and imitate Him more!
Behold — and serve Him more!

May the Man of Sorrows be daily before my eye!

And may I also behold Him — coming in power and great glory! What a contrast will there be, between His first and second coming:
His cross — and His throne;
His crown of thorns — and His crown of glory;
As He appeared before Pilate and the Jewish rabble — and as surrounded with all the armies of heaven, and all His saints with Him!

Behold the Man!
John 19:5

 

[Fragrant Grace]

Looking unto Jesus...who endured the cross
Hebrews 12:2

Brothers and Sisters at Talk Jesus
Another beautiful devotion
What a wonder it is to 'Behold Jesus'
And consider all that He has done for us

Behold the Man.....CH Spurgeon

If there be one place where our Lord Jesus most fully becomes the joy and comfort of His people, it is where He plunged deepest into the depths of woe. Come hither, gracious souls, and behold the Man in the garden of Gethsemane;

Behold His heart so brimming with love that He cannot hold it in
So full of sorrow that it must find a vent.
Behold the bloody sweat as it distils from every pore of His body, and falls upon the ground.

Behold the Man as they drive the nails into His hands and feet.
Look up, repenting sinners, and see the sorrowful image of your suffering Lord.
Mark Him, as the ruby drops stand on the thorn-crown, and adorn with priceless gems the diadem of the King of Misery.
Behold the man when all His bones are out of joint, and He is poured out like water and brought into the dust of death;
God hath forsaken Him, and hell compasseth Him about.

Behold and see, was there ever sorrow like unto His sorrow that is done unto Him?
All ye that pass by draw near and look upon this spectacle of grief, unique, unparalleled, a wonder to men and angels, a prodigy unmatched.
Behold the Emperor of Woe who had no equal or rival in His agonies!

Gaze upon Him, ye mourners, for if there be not consolation in a crucified Christ there is no joy in earth or heaven.
If in the ransom price of His blood there be not hope, ye harps of heaven, there is no joy in you, and the right hand of God shall know no pleasures for evermore.

We have only to sit more continually at the cross foot to be less troubled with our doubts and woes.
We have but to see His sorrows, and our sorrows we shall be ashamed to mention.
We have but to gaze into His wounds and heal our own.
If we would live aright it must be by the contemplation of His death;
If we would rise to dignity,
It must be by considering His humiliation and His sorrow.
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God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ
Galatians 6:14

 

[Rev T.S.Perkins]

May we never forget those words when we seek guidance in our daily walk ..Behold the man .!