Topic(s): Jesus

Henry David Thoreau once spent a whole day in Walden Pond up to his neck in the water. He wanted to experience the world as a frog sees it. He shared the experience, but not the reality. Thoreau did not become a frog! Jesus did not swoop down and survey the human situation from a safe distance. He emptied Himself. He laid aside His celestial robes to put on the simple clothes of a man. Divinity clothed Himself with humanity. The Word became flesh. “But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross . . .” (Philippians 2:7-8a; cf. John 1:14).

Jesus Borrowed . . .

Topic(s): Jesus

a place for His birth . . . a house to sleep in . . . a boat to preach from . . . an animal to ride on . . . a room to meet privately with His friends . . . and a tomb to be buried in. He who owned it all had nothing for His own! “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9).

Jesus Left . . .

Topic(s): Jesus

His purse to Judas . . . His clothes to the soldiers . . . His body to Joseph of Arimathea . . . His mother to John . . .
His peace to the disciples . . . His supper to His followers . . . His Gospel to the world . . . His presence with God’s children . . . His crown for me.

". . . for me a crown of righteousness” —2 Timothy 4:8