This baffles all comprehension.
By John Macduff. John chapter 1, verse 14. The Word became flesh and made
his dwelling among us. Philippians chapter 2, verses
7 and 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. 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 sleeping on a virgin mother's
bosom. We have no plumb line to sound
the depths of his humiliation. 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 to be linked with dust. This
baffles all comprehension. We can only fall down in adoring
reverence and exclaim with the Apostle, O the depth of the riches
both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are
His judgments and unfathomable His ways! Romans chapter 11 verse
33. Wonder, O heavens, and be astonished,
O earth!