Why Are You A Follower of Christ?

Isaiah 50-52

I often wonder why I am a Christian, why a follower of Christ?  The passage today renewed that wonder and gave me a hint to its origin.

“I gave My back to those who

strike Me,

And My cheeks to those who

         pluck out the beard;

I did not cover My face from

         humiliation and spitting…

So His appearance was

         Marred more than any

         Man,

And His form more than the

         Sons of men.”   50:6; 52:14b

We should continually remind ourselves of the Passion of Christ.  He didn’t endure the horrific assault of evil so we could be saved; He did it because He loved us.

One of the greatest truths of all Christendom is that our actions are not based on evangelism or a desire to see men saved, but on an overwhelming and unquenchable spring of love for all humans that Christ renews in us everyday.