How wonderful it is that One who is truly God and who is eternal in His Being, should have been pleased to become a Babe in Bethlehem's manger! But for His sufferings and death on the cross, it is the greatest wonder there has ever been.
Then to think of that Babe growing up to boyhood, increasing "in wisdom and stature," and into manhood, fills our hearts with wonder and worship.
Jesus, though truly God—the Eternal, the I AM—was truly Man, and is still a Man. Stephen saw " the Son of man standing on the right hand of God." He was born, He grew, He felt hungry, thirsty, and weary; He slept, He prayed, He wept, He died; He was obedient, dependent, lowly, and meek. These are some of the facts told us of Jesus here.
But although truly Man, He was unlike every other man, for He was sinless. We are all sinners; He was holy. He did no sin, in Him is no sin, and He knew no sin.
He was the "Man of Sorrows"; He bare our sicknesses and carried our sorrows, but no seed of death was in Him. He was the Holy One who saw no corruption, though He really died. He was a real Man. At death He delivered up His spirit His soul had been troubled; His body was taken from the cross. He was buried, but He rose again. His body left the grave. He ate and drank after rising again. He lives a Man in heaven, the "same Jesus," yet He is over all God blessed forever!
M. W. B.