**THE HUMILIATION OF CHRIST**I KNOW HE TOOK MY PLACE** In serving as our substitute, CHRIST humbled HIMSELF supremely. HIS death on the cross was not easy or costless, it was a horrific death. It was not calm and peaceful; it was accompanied by outward torture and inward agony. The death HE tasted was the curse of sin. In a few hours on that cross, HE suffered the total agony of every soul for all eternity. He was guilty of no sin, yet He chose to suffer the weight of all sins committed for all time. THE FATHER sent HIS SON, and HIS SON willingly came to die to redeem mankind. Paul writes, When the fullness of time came, God sent forth HIS SON, born of a woman, born under the Law, in order that He might redeem those who were under the Law (GATIANS. 4:4-5). Only by tasting death as a man could HE free us from death. Historically, kings have had somebody taste their food and drink before they consumed it. Oh no!! CHRIST drained to the dregs the cup of poison rightfully meant for us before it could ever touch our lips. HE substituted HIS death for ours, releasing us from the deadness of sin to life with THE FATHER. What moved HIM to suffer for us? GRACE. What we did not deserve (SALVATION) we received, and what we did deserve (DEATH) we did not receive. Unbounded love prompted CHRISTS gracious work on our behalf: In this is love, not that we loved THE FATHER, but that HE loved us and sent HIS SON to be the propitiation for our sins (1 John 4:10). After HE accomplished the work of His substitutionary death, HE was crowned with glory and honor and exalted to the right hand of the FATHER, where HE will reign forever and ever. HE is our great Substitute, whom we can thank and praise throughout all eternity.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 11:15:59 +0000
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