An old song says.”He did it all for me”. The Bible tells us that although Christ was rich He became poor for our sakes, even to the giving of His life at Calvary. Have you ever given much serious thought to what all Christ sacrificed for you? John Flavel put it like this:
The condition of Jesus Christ before his incarnation was a state of the highest and most unspeakable delight and pleasure, in the enjoyment of his Father.
He was not liable to any of those sorrowful consequences of that frail and feeble state of humanity, which he afterwards assumed. He was unacquainted with griefs; there was no sorrowing or sighing in that bosom where he lay.
He never underwent reproach and shame in that bosom, there was nothing but glory and honour reflected upon him by his Father, though afterwards he was despised, and rejected of men. His holy heart was never offended with an impure suggestion or temptation of the Devil. There were no hidings or withdrawings of his Father from him; there was not a cloud from eternity upon the face of God, till Jesus Christ had left that bosom.
All these things were new things to Christ; he was above them all — till for our sakes he voluntarily subjected himself unto them.
