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Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Considering the Incarnate One

Isaiah describes Him as a man who was despised and rejected by men,
As a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief,
As a man from whom others hid their faces (see Isaiah 53:3-4).

Yet He is the incarnate Son of God,
Holy, righteous, wise, just, merciful, and
All of the other qualities God has.

So, why would He have been so treated?
Despised, rejected, sorrowing, grieving,
If not both on our behalf and part of the learning
Scripture speaks of His going through:
That He grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man
Between the ages of 12 and 30 (see Luke 2:52).

And we have these amazing verses in Philippians 2:
"Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross" (verses 5-8; NAS).

And these in the opening chapter of Hebrews:
"God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high" (verses 1-3; NAS).

And this in the twelfth chapter of Hebrews:
"For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart" (verse 3; NAS).


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