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Series: The Incarnation
Marion Clark
Philippians 2:6-11
Introduction
We come to the last of the four messages on the incarnation. We've examined what the incarnation actually entails, that it involves the divine Son of God taking on human nature. He doesn't lose his divine nature, as we learned in the first message, but takes on a second nature while retaining the first. Even so, the Son, who is named Jesus, truly is human. He possesses everything that makes any of us human, with the exception that he does not possess sin. The incarnated Jesus is fully God and fully man.
In the last message we addressed the question of why the incarnation occurred. The answer is our salvation. Jesus became incarnated, i.e. he took on our nature, so that he could make atonement for our sins. He was born so that he might die. This morning we ask the question put so poignantly by Peggy Lee, ''Is that all there is my friend?'' Does the incarnation, as wondrous as it may be, end in death? Does Jesus do his stint in the flesh, discard it, and then go back home?
So far we've talked as if the incarnation meant nothing more than humiliation for the Son of God. The Son laid aside his glory to take on humility; the infinite God became a helpless baby; the Holy One dwelt among sinful creatures; the King of kings became a servant and died on a cross. But, and this is the point of this last message, the story of Jesus' incarnation does not end at the cross. Indeed, it has not ended. The incarnate Son of God lives on. It is glory, not humiliation, that leaves the final mark on the story.
The Exaltation
Let's now consider the final destination of Christ's incarnation journey. The last time we viewed Philippians 2:6-11, we only considered the first three verses. Now we will turn to the remaining three.
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in ...
Series: The Incarnation
Marion Clark
Philippians 2:6-11
Introduction
We come to the last of the four messages on the incarnation. We've examined what the incarnation actually entails, that it involves the divine Son of God taking on human nature. He doesn't lose his divine nature, as we learned in the first message, but takes on a second nature while retaining the first. Even so, the Son, who is named Jesus, truly is human. He possesses everything that makes any of us human, with the exception that he does not possess sin. The incarnated Jesus is fully God and fully man.
In the last message we addressed the question of why the incarnation occurred. The answer is our salvation. Jesus became incarnated, i.e. he took on our nature, so that he could make atonement for our sins. He was born so that he might die. This morning we ask the question put so poignantly by Peggy Lee, ''Is that all there is my friend?'' Does the incarnation, as wondrous as it may be, end in death? Does Jesus do his stint in the flesh, discard it, and then go back home?
So far we've talked as if the incarnation meant nothing more than humiliation for the Son of God. The Son laid aside his glory to take on humility; the infinite God became a helpless baby; the Holy One dwelt among sinful creatures; the King of kings became a servant and died on a cross. But, and this is the point of this last message, the story of Jesus' incarnation does not end at the cross. Indeed, it has not ended. The incarnate Son of God lives on. It is glory, not humiliation, that leaves the final mark on the story.
The Exaltation
Let's now consider the final destination of Christ's incarnation journey. The last time we viewed Philippians 2:6-11, we only considered the first three verses. Now we will turn to the remaining three.
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in ...
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