...brought up with Him ; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him." Then it was that " I was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God." Then it was, that in the counsels of eternity — "the counsel of peace that was between...

...friend. Reputation is infinitely more valuable than property. Now, of Christ it is said, that though he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, yet he made himself of no reputation, took upon him the form of slave, and became obedient...

...requirements of salvation demanded that He should unrobe Himself of his divine nature ; although He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, He never hesitated. When the fearful and critical Btatc of man, God's favoured creature,...

...whole matter in a position of wonderful force and light.' The original condition of Christ was that he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God. After that, he made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and...

...bosom of the Father, and shared with him the throne of the universe. As the apostle expresses it, he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be -equal with God. God was then all in all. The names of Father, Son, and Spirit were unknown, though that mysterious...

...foundation of a righteous kingdom ? You know the amazing expedient ! You know its grace; how, though He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be et|ual with God, He made himself of no reputation, took our nature, assumed our liabilities, and humbled...

...which was in the beginning with God, and was God, that was made flesh, and dwelt among men. It was he who was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with him, who was found in fashion as a man, and took on him the form of a servant. In the act of laying...

...eternity. — Biekersteth. DESIGN OP CHRIST'S HUMILIATION. The condescension of the Divine Son, that ho " who was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God ;" that he whom angels obey, that he whom seraphs adore, and before whom they veil their faces,...

...cross, despising the shame. 2nd, Neither will we lay stress, at present, on ' the fact that he was once <+ IpS @W4܊! with God ; though certainly such language is significant. We feel ' at once that God would never haveglo-...

...man." You know, too, and you believe, the words of the blessed Apostle St. Paul, how he says, that " He who was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the...