WHAT DO YOU SEE IN HIM ANYWAY?

JOHN 12:27-41


Pastor Rick Jackson


One of the fascinating things in the world are the people that get married. You look at some couples and wonder why did he marry her? Or why did she marry him? More than once a woman has married a man only to be asked by someone, "What do you see in him anyway?"


Many stories have been written and rewritten about inner qualities overcoming outer appearance. Beauty & the Beast, the Phantom of the Opera, the Frog Prince, et cetera. Even Clark Kent and Lois Lane!


In some cases it may be like the woman that replied to that question with, "It was love at second sight!"
"Second sight?"
"Yes. When I first married him I didn't know he was rich."


Hopefully it is more the inner qualities that pulls people together but sometimes we still ask, "What do you see in them anyway?" This relates back to the idea of seeing but not observing. Many may wonder what you saw in Christ that made you decide to become a Christian. Some may wonder what you see in Christ that makes you live for him in a self-sacrificing way. Thinking about Christ, what do you see in Him anyway?


The last verse of our text teaches us that Isaiah saw His glory, and spake of Him.


I. ISAIAH SAW THE LORD'S PERSON


1. In His Heaven of Holiness [6:1-9]


2. In His Highway of Holiness [35]


3. In His Humanity of Holiness [40:1-5]


II. ISAIAH SAW THE LORD'S UNIQUENESS


1. There is Only One True God [41]


2. There is Only One Saviour[42:1-10]


3. There is Only One Scripture [43:5-12]


III. ISAIAH SAW THE LORD'S PLAN [53]

1. He was not what people wanted [v. 1-3]

2. He is what people need [v. 4-9]

3. He is what the Father intended [v. 10-12]