7. made himself of no reputation, and . . . and —rather as the Greek, " emptied Himself, taking upon him the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men." The two latter clauses (there being no conjunctions, "and . . . and," in the Greek ) expresses in what Christ's "emptying of Himself" consists, namely, in "taking the form of a servant" (see on :- ; compare Exodus 21:5 ; Exodus 21:6 ; Psalms 40:6 , proving that it was at the time when He assumed a body, He took "the form of a servant "), and in order to explain how He took "the form of a servant," there is added, by "being made in the likeness of men." His subjection to the law ( Luke 2:21 ; Galatians 4:4 ) and to His parents ( Galatians 4:4- : ), His low state as a carpenter, and carpenter's reputed son ( Matthew 13:55 ; Mark 6:3 ), His betrayal for the price of a bond-servant ( Mark 6:3- : ), and slave-like death to relieve us from the slavery of sin and death, finally and chiefly, His servant-like dependence as man on God, while His divinity was not outwardly manifested ( Isaiah 49:3 ; Isaiah 49:7 ), are all marks of His "form as a servant." This proves: (1) He was in the form of a servant as soon as He was made man. (2) He was "in the form of God" before He was "in the form of a servant." (3) He did as really subsist in the divine nature, as in the form of a servant, or in the nature of man. For He was as much "in the form of God" as "in the form of a servant"; and was so in the form of God as "to be on an equality with God"; He therefore could have been none other than God; for God saith, "To whom will ye liken Me and make Me equal?" ( Isaiah 46:5 ), [BISHOP PEARSON]. His emptying Himself presupposes His previous plenitude of Godhead ( John 1:14 ; Colossians 1:19 ; Colossians 2:9 ). He remained full of this; yet He bore Himself as if He were empty. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
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