41- 4/2 WLC- 46
Q. 46. What was the estate of Christ's humiliation?
A. The estate of Christ's humiliation was that low condition, wherein he for our sakes, emptying himself of his glory, took upon him the form of a servant, in his conception and birth, life, death, and after his death, until his resurrection.
A. The estate of Christ's humiliation was that low condition, wherein he for our sakes, emptying himself of his glory, took upon him the form of a servant, in his conception and birth, life, death, and after his death, until his resurrection.
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! (Phil. 2:6-8)
But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, (Galatians 4:4)
Thoughts: “Thou didst leave thy throne and thy kingly crown when thou camest to earth for me. But in Bethlehem’s home there was found no room for thy holy nativity. O come to my heart, Lord Jesus! There is room in my heart for Thee!” (Emily E. Elliot). Christ came to His own, and His own received Him not. Christ accommodated and descended to us, leaving so much, but we clung to our small power, our small popularity, and our small thinking, and did not welcome Him. Christ was humble in his birth, his life, and his death and burial. Christ elicits humility from those who wish to follow in His way. Holy week, in many ways was about his emptying Himself fully- giving Himself fully for us as a sacrifice- out of love for us. Jesus said, "The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many." (Mk. 10:45; Mt. 20:28). He came to serve. When he washed his disciples feet he said, "Not that I your master and Lord have washed your feet, should you not wash the feet of others?" Christ service calls us to humbly serve- to deny ourselves daily and take up our cross and follow Him.
Prayer: May I always welcome you, Lord. Thank you for coming down for me!
(Adoration of the Shepherds de Grebber 1650s)
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