Beholding the Beauty of Christ: A Blessed Paradox
I. Introduction
A. Central verse Psalms 27:4 "One thing have I
desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I
may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days
of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord,
and to inquire in His temple."
B. The word "Beauty" as used here by David is the
word "noam" which means splendor or
agreeableness.
C. What makes Jesus Christ so admirable, precious,
so beautiful, and so glorious is what Jonathan
Edwards calls "an admirable conjunction of
diverse excellencies." The beauty and excellence
of Christ is not a simple thing. It is a unique
coming together in one person of extremely
diverse qualities. Jesus has a glory in Himself
that has a combing of attributes that would seem
impossible in one person. He is unique, one of a
kind. There is no one and nothing we could
compare Him to. He is "Incomparable because in
Him......
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