JESUS THE MYSTERIOUS & GLORIOUS
Isaiah 53:2-3 He
had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that
we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows,
and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was
despised, and we esteemed him not.
The glory of Jesus’ obedience becomes more wonderful when
we realize who he was who perfectly obeyed God. Jesus was none other than the
Son of God made man.
He, who
was in heaven above all and Lord of all, lived in the world having no earthly
glory or reputation, obliged to obey the whole law of God perfectly. He, to whom
prayer is made, prayed himself night and day. He, whom all the angels of heaven
and all creatures worship, fulfilled all the duties which the worship of God
requires. He who is Lord and master of the house became the lowliest servant in
the house, performing all menial duties, He that made all men, in whose hand
they are all as clay is in the hand of the potter, observed among them the
strictest rules of justice, in giving to everyone his due, and out of love
giving good things to the undeserving.
This
is what makes the obedience of Christ so mysterious and glorious.
The Glory of Christ, By John Owen, pg 59.