Q46: What was the estate of Christ's humiliation?
A46: The estate of Christ's humiliation was that low condition, wherein he for our sakes, emptying himself of his glory, took upon him the form of a servant, in his conception and birth, life, death, and after his death, until his resurrection. [1]
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- (Php 2:6-8) who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
- (Luk 1:31) "And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.
- (2Co 8:9) For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- (Act 2:24) "But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.
