Is it a description of what Christ is? No; it is in connection with a
simple, downright call to a life of humility in our intercourse with each
other. Our life on earth is linked to all the eternal glory of the Godhead
as revealed in the exaltation of Jesus. The very looking to Jesus, the
very bowing of the knee to Jesus, ought to be inseparably connected with a
spirit of the very deepest humility. Consider the humility of Jesus. First
of all, that humility is our salvation; then, that humility is just the
salvation we need; and again, that humility is the salvation which the Holy
Spirit will give us.
Humility is the salvation that Christ brings. That is our first thought. We
often have very vague,--I might also say visionary--ideas of what Christ
is; we love the person of Christ, but that which makes up Christ, which
actually constitutes Him the Christ, that we do not know or love. If we
love Christ above everything, we must love humility above everything, for
humility is the very essence of His life and glory, and the salvation He
brings.
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