THE MAN CHRIST JESUS
THE MAN CHRIST JESUS
When man had failed under every trial, Christ is born into the world. He begins at the weakest point - a Babe - as presented to the shepherds, wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. He who made man has Himself become a Man. He does not begin at maturity like Adam; He begins at the lowest point of infancy. The Creator who gave man all the attributes and qualities which God desired for man, is now a Man Himself, to encounter all the trials and difficulties which would affect a man in the weakness of humanity.
His was a wonderful path; no trial, no vicissitude, no want, no opposition, nor the adverse circumstances [p. 199] to which man was reduced by his departure from God, ever diverted Him from His holy dependence on God, or evoked a thought of self-consideration - He was always the Holy One of God - a Nazarite from His birth. He never sought human pleasures and maintained this wonderful, unique path, with His resources only in God. He was the spotless One, as He must be to atone for fallen man. When of mature age, a voice from heaven declared, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight”. (Matthew 3: 17) Every contrariety which He encountered was only an opportunity to disclose His perfection, and the beauty of the grace of depending on God.