每日一句
当用各样的智慧，把基督的道理丰丰富富地存在心里(或作“当把基督的道理丰丰富富地存在心里，以各样的智慧”)，用诗章、颂词、灵歌，彼此教导，互相劝戒，心被恩感，歌颂 神。无论作什么，或说话、或行事，都要奉主耶稣的名，藉着他感谢父 神。
--西 3:16-17 和合本
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
--Colossians 3:16-17 KJV
耶稣的肖像--灵命日粮
我们都如羊走迷，各人偏行己路。耶和华使我们众人的罪孽都归在祂身上。-以赛亚书53章6节
在《美国著名女士肖像》（Portraits of Famous American Women）一书中，作者罗伯·汉克斯（Robert Henkes）写道：「肖像不仅是照片，也不单是镜中的影像。」肖像超越了人物的外貌，勾勒出人物内心深处的情绪。真正的艺术家所描绘的肖像，能够捕捉一个人的真实心境。
多个世纪以来，许多人为耶稣绘画肖像。也许你曾经在教堂和美术馆看到，甚至可能你家中也有一幅。当然没有任何一幅是真正的耶稣画像，因为当时并没有照片，也没有留下主耶稣实际外观的任何图像，然而，祂却赐下伟大的文字。上帝在以赛亚书53章以丰富的词汇启示，捕捉了细节，栩栩如生地描述耶稣的形象：「祂诚然担当我们的忧患，背负我们的痛苦……祂为我们的过犯受害，为我们的罪孽压伤……因祂受的鞭伤，我们得医治。」（4-5节）
这段经文，让我们看见了耶稣的慈爱、忧伤、难过和痛苦的表情。可是，祂却没有指控我们或定我们的罪。祂是无罪的，却担当起我们的过犯。而且祂深知，「祂必看见自己劳苦的功效，便心满意足」（11节）。
我们救主的肖像何等佳美！
耶稣，祢的爱是何等奇妙！每当默想祢奇妙伟大，我要安静俯伏敬拜祢。
爱就是上帝屈尊为人。
A Portrait of Jesus
We have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. —Isaiah 53:6
In Portraits of Famous American Women, Robert Henkes writes, “A portrait is not a photograph, nor is it a mirror image.” A portrait goes beyond the outer appearance to probe the emotional depth of the human soul. In a portrait, a true artist tries “to capture what the person is really about.”
Over the centuries, many portraits have been painted of Jesus. Perhaps you’ve seen them in a church or museum of art or even have one in your home. Not one of these is a true portrait, of course, because we have no photograph or mirror image of our Lord’s physical appearance. We do, however, have a magnificent word portrait of Him in Isaiah 53. This God-inspired description captures in vivid detail what He is all about: “Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering . . . . But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; . . . and by his wounds we are healed” (vv. 4-5 niv).
This passage enables us to see love and sorrow, anguish and pain on Jesus’ face. But His lips do not accuse or condemn. He has no sins of His own to grieve; only ours to bear. And deep inside, He knows that “He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied” (v. 11).
What a portrait of our Savior!
What amazing love You have for us, Jesus! As I think of how awesome You are, I bow in silence before You.
Love was when God became a man.
