(John MacDuff, 1874) LISTEN to audio! Download Audio
FALL DOWN IN ADORING REVERENCE
John 1:14, “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us!”
Philippians 2:7-8, “He emptied Himself, by taking the form of a slave, by being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross!”
Therefore What a stoop for that Infinite Being who proclaimed Himself as the Alpha and the Omega! What a transition for “the Ancient of days” to assume the nature and take the form of a helpless infant!
We have no plumb line to sound the depths of His humiliation.
Because we have no arithmetic with which it can be calculated.
If we can entertain for a moment the shocking supposition of the loftiest angel in Heaven laying aside his angel nature, and becoming an insect or a worm–we can, in some feeble degree, estimate the humiliation involved in that angel’s abasement.
But, for the Infinite and eternal God Himself, to become incarnate;
for the Creator, to take the nature of a creature;
for Deity, linked with dust–
this baffles all comprehension!
We can only fall down in adoring reverence, and exclaim with the apostle, “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!” Romans 11:33
Therefore “Wonder, O heavens, and be astonished, O earth!”
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Something to ponder
Thomas Watson, 1620-1686:
“God is intrinsically holy, being holy in His nature without limits.
Because God is primarily holy, being the perfect and the only true pattern of holiness.
God is efficiently holy, being the cause of all holiness in angels and saints.
Therefore God is transcendently holy, being far above the capacity of holy angels and glorified saints to behold, much less fallen man.”
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