WHO JESUS WAS AND IS (PART 3)

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

... He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

Philippians 2:5, 8b NKJV

This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

Although His conception was diving and holy in nature, Jesus developed in His mother Mary’s womb and was born like any other child, “made in human likeness” (Philippians 2:7b). As we saw in yesterday’s message, He then went through all the customs of the Law after birth: circumcised after eight days, dedicated at the temple forty days after his birth, and attending His first Passover observance at age 12. He would grow into adulthood and be found in the appearance of a man as He began His ministry at age 30.

What’s amazing about all this is that this was the promised Messiah, the One promised to save and deliver. Some Israelites expected a mighty warrior who would slay all their foes and deliver them from the oppression of Roman rule. This Jesus was one with His Father God which meant He possessed the same power and might. And yet, this Son of the God Most High didn’t use equality with His Father as an advantage. Rather, He made Himself nothing by assuming “the very nature of a servant” (v. 6-7).

This is what we have learned about who Jesus was and is up to this point. In today’s third message, we see how far our Savior was willing to go as a servant. Look at the latter part of verse 8 again here:

... He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

When we look at the life of Christ, we find humility at the center of His character. Yes, He was one in the same with God but instead of carrying Himself as superior to people here on earth, Jesus “humbled Himself” and willingly surrendered His life so that a multitude of others could live for all eternity. This sacrifice was required by God to atone for the cumulative sin debt of all mankind and Jesus, always tuned into His Father’s business, “became obedient to the point of death”, even when that death came by way of a humiliating, criminal’s execution by crucifixion.

Jesus could have saved Himself as He was challenged to do by those mocking Him as He bled and died while nailed to the cross but He didn’t because it wasn’t about His will but the will of the God who sent Him from heaven to earth so He could be the Lamb of God who would take away the sin of the world. Christ allowed Himself to die for us so we could gain salvation by just believing in Him.

This is who He was and is today, the humble sacrificing Savior of all, the One who brought us hope, the One who is the only way a person can get to be with God the Father.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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