The Will of the Son of Man Coming to the World



(Mt20:26-28; 1Pe5:5-8)



God is the exalted God (Mi6:6).

He dwells on high (Is33:5), and He alone is exalted (Is2:11), and

He finally lifts up those who exalt Him (1Pe5:6)



Faith is knowing Him and exalting Him, and

The life of faith is lowering oneself until the end.



Adam, the ancestor of all men, sinned by wanting to be like God, and

He was consequently banished from the Garden (Ge3:5, 24), since

He was deceived by the devil, who was

The archangel cast down to Hades after

Attempting to be like the exalted God in the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15).



All men thereafter faced

Endless temptations and battles to exalt themselves:

Being proud because of their physical beauty or appearance,

Risking their life to ascend the tallest mountain, and

Building high towers.



During the time of Noah, however, God covered with water

All mountains, buildings and even men under the heavens and the earth (Ge7:19),

To demonstrate that such efforts of men are all in vain.



God called the Israelites who had been slaves in Egypt for 430 years, and

Led them into the desert to teach them the reality of men,

To lower them, test them and finally bless them (Dt8:14-18).



While He gave them the Law for them to know that they are lowly sinners (Rm3:19-20),

They would rather become broods of viper because of their pride in

Being the chosen people and their deeds of the Law (Mt3:7-8).



Nevertheless, on the one hand, there was

The sanctuary where the name of the Lord God was and where they served Him, and

In the sanctuary there were the prophecies of the exalted One dwelling with the lowly (Is57:14), and

The lowly being exalted and the exalted brought low (Eze21:26).



Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days (Jn2:19), because

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would serve and exalt the Father God for

He is the incarnate Word, the very nature God who came as

The Son of Man, the lowest point for God, to the lowed place, Hades.

As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:

Lowered Himself by coming in the likeness of man, of a servant, to the point of death on a cross, and acknowledged that the Father alone is exalted forever (Php2:5-8);

Condemned the devil who attempted to exalt himself (1Jn3:8); and

Gave His life as a ransom for sinners whom He called to exalt (Mt9:13, 20:28).



The Father raised Him, seated Him at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven (He1:2, 7:26), and

Gave Him the name above all names (Php2:9-11).



The Holy Spirit came in the name Yeshua

To those who heard His calling and have confessed to be sinners, the lowest, and

Gathered them into the church.



The church is the gateway to heaven where

Only those who lower themselves can enter (Mt16:19).



To transform his lowly body into the glorious body

When the Lord Jesus returns (Php3:21),

The Christian, therefore, puts every effort to lower himself until the end

Through worship, praise, service, prayer, repentance, duties, suffering, curses etc., since

The devil to this day tempts believers to become proud (1Pe5:5-8).



O Lord,

We are so self-centered, egotistical and selfish!

Even though we have laid down the world, our career, money, family etc.,

We still have not laid down our pride.

Lord, break us!

Break us more!

Amen.