{"id":1555,"date":"2011-09-20T03:50:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T10:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:36:08","slug":"what-christ-was-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/2011\/09\/20\/what-christ-was-made\/","title":{"rendered":"What Christ Was Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1563\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/092011_What_Jesus_Was_Made1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/092011_What_Jesus_Was_Made1.jpg 545w, https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/092011_What_Jesus_Was_Made1-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/092011_What_Jesus_Was_Made1-500x272.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The following seven Scriptures, where the word &#8220;made&#8221;occurs, indicate what Christ became and suffered:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>1. His Condescension.<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Made flesh&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8220;And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.&#8221; John 1:14<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>2. His Identification.<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Made in the likeness of men&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8220;but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant,<a id=\"ftntv_1105007_1\" rel=\"footnotes\">fn<\/a>\u00a0being born in the likeness of men.&#8221; Philippians 2:7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>3. His Humbling.<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Made of woman&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8220;But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law&#8221; Galatians 4:4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>4. His Compassion.<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Made under the law&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8220;But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law&#8221; Galatians 4:4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>5. His Obedience.<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Made himself obedient&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8220;And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.&#8221; Philippians 2:8<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>6. His Condemnation.<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Made a curse&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8220;Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us\u2014for it is written, &#8216;Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree'&#8221; Galatians 3:13<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>7. His Sin-bearing.<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Made Him to be sin&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8220;For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.&#8221; 2 Corinthians 5:21<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following seven Scriptures, where the word &#8220;made&#8221;occurs, indicate what Christ became and suffered: 1. His Condescension. &#8220;Made flesh&#8221; &#8220;And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.&#8221; John 1:14 2. 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