Reflecting on Christ

Consider Jesus Christ, the Messiah:

• He came from the eternal bosom of His Father – to a region of sorrow and death;
• God – manifested in flesh;
• Creator – made a creature;
• He that was clothed with glory – should be wrapped with the rags of flesh;
• He that filled heaven and earth with his glory – should be cradled in a manger;
• The God of Israel – fled with his parents to Egypt;
• That the God of the Law – should be subject to the Law;
• The God that made the heavens – worked at Joseph’s homely trade;
• That He that binds the devils in chains – should be tempted;
• That He, whose is the world, and the fullness thereof – should hunger and thirst;
• That the God of Strength – should be weary;
• That His head, before which angels (and saints) do cast down their crowns – should be crowned with thorns;
• Whose hands hold the scepter of heaven and whose feet, “like burnished bronze” – should be nailed to the cross for man’s sins;
• The Judge of all flesh – condemned;
• The God of life – put to death;
• That He that is one with His Father – should cry out of misery, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
• That He who had the keys of hell and death – should lie imprisoned in the sepulcher of another.

Consider Him who endured from sinners such hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. Heb. 12:3

Adapted from Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices, Banner of Truth, p. 36-37.