Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Isaiah 53:1-12 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare His generation? for He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was He stricken.
And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death; because He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief: when thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied: by His knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He hath poured out His soul unto death: and He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
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Jesus was not a beautiful person, attracting people by His flesh and by His beauty as does Satan.
He (Jesus) hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.
We are told in Bible, not many famous, notable people are called by God.
I Corinthians 1:24-31 Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
That no flesh should glory in His presence.
But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
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In the 1970's, after I was born again, I attended a book signing at a very famous, rich person's home in Dallas, Texas.
I went into the library at this home and there stood an extremely famous man. Just the two of us were in that room. I wanted to run away from him, though he was "touted" as a famous man who was a Christian. To me he was like an ivory statue, lifeless, colorless, dead as stone. But many praised this man and held him up in front of others as an example.
(He is dead now.)
This was my one brush with real, worldly fame ... and I wanted to flee.
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We do not attract people to Jesus by our flesh nor by our accomplishments. For that is just flesh drawing flesh.
We are drawn to God only by the Spirit of God... Spirit to spirit.
There was nothing in Jesus' flesh to attract us to HIM.
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