"It is thrilling to trace through the New Testament and find the word “made,”
and to observe how our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Creator of all, humbled
Himself, died on Calvary’s cross and arose again from the dead to save, justify
and glorify sinners.
St. Paul says of Christ: “All things were created by Him and for Him” (Col. 1:16),
and St. John adds by inspiration: “All things were made by Him; and without
Him was not anything made that was made…The world was made by Him”
(John 1:3,10).
How wonderful it is, then, that He, the Creator of all, came to be one with us
— yes, one of us! John tells us again that the Maker of all was “made flesh”
(John 1:14) and Paul declares that “when the fulness of the time was come,
God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law…” (Gal. 4:4),
that He “made Himself of no reputation …and was made in the likeness of
men” (Phil. 2:6,7).
In his letter to the Hebrews he adds that Christ was “made [for] a little [while]
lower than the angels for the suffering of death” (Heb. 2:9). More than that, he
declares that our Lord was “made a curse for us” (Gal. 3:13) to redeem us from
the curse of the law, and that God “made Him to be sin for us…” (II Cor. 5:21).
Thus in one stroke, at Calvary, our Lord, the great Creator, bore the penalty
for sin that would have sunk a world to hell, and for this “God also hath highly
exalted Him” (Phil. 2:9), having “raised Him from the dead and set Him at His
Own Right Hand in the heavenly places, far above all…” (Eph. 1:20,21). “God
hath made that same Jesus… both Lord and Christ” (Acts 2:36) so that now
He has been “made higher than the heavens” (Heb. 7:26).
As a result the simplest believer in This Mighty Savior is “made… accepted in
the Beloved One” (Eph. 1:6) and “made [to] sit… in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus” (Eph. 2:6). He is “made the righteousness of God in Him” (II Cor. 5:21),
“that being justified by His Grace, we should be made heirs according to
the hope of eternal life” (Tit. 3:7)."
Amen.
and to observe how our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Creator of all, humbled
Himself, died on Calvary’s cross and arose again from the dead to save, justify
and glorify sinners.
St. Paul says of Christ: “All things were created by Him and for Him” (Col. 1:16),
and St. John adds by inspiration: “All things were made by Him; and without
Him was not anything made that was made…The world was made by Him”
(John 1:3,10).
How wonderful it is, then, that He, the Creator of all, came to be one with us
— yes, one of us! John tells us again that the Maker of all was “made flesh”
(John 1:14) and Paul declares that “when the fulness of the time was come,
God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law…” (Gal. 4:4),
that He “made Himself of no reputation …and was made in the likeness of
men” (Phil. 2:6,7).
In his letter to the Hebrews he adds that Christ was “made [for] a little [while]
lower than the angels for the suffering of death” (Heb. 2:9). More than that, he
declares that our Lord was “made a curse for us” (Gal. 3:13) to redeem us from
the curse of the law, and that God “made Him to be sin for us…” (II Cor. 5:21).
Thus in one stroke, at Calvary, our Lord, the great Creator, bore the penalty
for sin that would have sunk a world to hell, and for this “God also hath highly
exalted Him” (Phil. 2:9), having “raised Him from the dead and set Him at His
Own Right Hand in the heavenly places, far above all…” (Eph. 1:20,21). “God
hath made that same Jesus… both Lord and Christ” (Acts 2:36) so that now
He has been “made higher than the heavens” (Heb. 7:26).
As a result the simplest believer in This Mighty Savior is “made… accepted in
the Beloved One” (Eph. 1:6) and “made [to] sit… in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus” (Eph. 2:6). He is “made the righteousness of God in Him” (II Cor. 5:21),
“that being justified by His Grace, we should be made heirs according to
the hope of eternal life” (Tit. 3:7)."
Amen.
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