...Lord of glory, James ii. 1. It is brought in as a noble aggravation of what he endured, that then " he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God; he made himself of no reputation, and being found in fashion as a man, took on him the form of a servant,...

...unto us, Phil. ii. 5, 6, 8cc. 'Let the same mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus ; who, when he 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 became obedient unto death,...

...to be a propitiation, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins. And though he was once in the form of God and thought it no robbery to be equal with God ; yet he made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the...

...no reputation, and took on him the form of a servant.' But he eternally and unchangeably continued ' in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal unto him;' Phil. ii. 6, 7. He can no more really and essentially, by any act of condescension or humiliation,...

...blessed Jesus had to endure in order to accomplish the redemption of His people. He who was essentially " in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God"—He who " in the beginning was with God, and was God"—" The Alpha and Omega, the First and...

...holding those whom he would redeem. Oh, but consider the humiliation of this act of the Son of God, " who was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God ; " that he should " become sin for us who knew no sin ;" that he should endure the vile contact and...

...humbled himself, was " the brightness of the Father's glory, and the express image of his person." He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God. Though, in his divine nature, he was the ever-blessed and unchangeable Jehovah, the King eternal, immortal...

...Away with our self-flattery, our self-justification, and our self-righteousness. Christ, although he " was in the form of God, and " thought it no robbery to be equal with God, yet made himself " of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant." The spirit which he...

...possessions can a being claim before* his existence? But he was rich, and for our sakes became poor. He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God. He took upon him the form of a servant, and made himself of no reputation. There was a glory that accompanied...

...suffered, to procure this gift for man, are infinitely great and endearing. For this end, when he was.m the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God ; he made himself of no reputalion ; was made in the likeness of men ; and became obedient unto death,...