ohn i:1-3). "By Him were all things created that are in
Heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were
made by Him and for Him; and He is before all things and by Him all
things consist" (Col. i:16-17). He is the image of the invisible
God, the brightness of His glory and the express image of His
Person. How wonderful such a One, who ever was, with no beginning,
One with God!

How wonderful His humiliation. "Who being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no
reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in
the likeness of men, and being in fashion as a man He humbled
Himself" (Phil. ii:6-8). "For verily He took not on Him the nature
of Angels, but He took on Him the seed of Abraham" (Hebrews ii:16).
Wonderful condescension that He who created the angels should be
made lower than the angels and lay His Glory by, to appear in the
form of man on earth.

Wonderful is He in His incarnation, "that holy thing" as the angel
announced Him, truly God and Man. Born of the woman, resting on the
bosom of the virgin as a little child and yet He is the One who ever
is in the bosom of the Father.

Wonderful that blessed life He lived on earth of which the beloved
disciple bears such a beautiful witness. "That which was from the
beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,
which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the Word of
Life. For the life was manifested and we have seen it and bear
witness and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the
Father, and was manifested unto us" (1 John i:1-2). Wonderful are
the blessed words which came from His lips, wonderful is His moral
glory, His untiring service, His love, His patience and everything
which the Holy Spirit has been pleased to tell us of His earthly
life. The more our hearts contemplate Him the more wonderful He
appears. But still greater and more wonderful is it that He went to
the cross to give His life as a ransom for many, that the Just One
should die for the unjust, that He who knew no sin was made sin for
us and pay the penalty of sins on the cross. He is the Wonderful in
His great work on the cross, the depths of which have never been
fathomed. And what can we say of His wonderful Glory, His wonderful
Place, His wonderful Power, His wonderful Grace! How wonderfully He
has d