HE BECAME LIKE US
Luke 2:52, "And Jesus increased in
wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man."
LUKE 2:52
How could it be that Jesus, who was God (Jn. 1:1; 1
Tim. 3:16), and in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
increased in wisdom? (Col. 2:3)
God is a Spirit (Jn. 4:24). Jesus, as God, had
existed as a Spirit forever.
When He came to the earth as Jesus, he was Lord at
birth, but that was in His Spirit (Lk. 2:11). His Spirit didn't have to grow or
increase in wisdom but His physical body did.
The Lord could have done things differently, but He
didn't. Jesus came into this world in His physical body exactly as we did. He
had to grow and learn.
He became just like us so that we could become just
like Him (2 Cor. 5:21).
This is the great exchange. He became like us so that
He could bear all our iniquities and become a mercy high priest for us (Heb.
2:14-18).
Christianity does not produce a changed life but an
exchanged life. Christ does not reform us, but He transforms us through His
union with us. In the same way that the Eternal Christ could come and inhabit
the body of an infant and still retain all His deity, He now inhabits our bodies
through the new birth in all His glory and power. Like Jesus, grow in your
wisdom and understanding of who you now are in Christ.
Andrew Wommack Ministries Daily Devotion
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