HE LIVED AS A MAN
Sinach
Published Date:
Feb 28, 2025
Last Updated:
_Pastor Chris Oyakhilome_
_Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 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_ *(Philippians 2:5-7)*
Even though Jesus was the Son of God, He didn’t live on earth in His heavenly glory. He lived as a man. It’s the reason He could be our substitute and also our example. The Bible calls Him *"the man, Christ Jesus"* (1 Timothy 2:5); He was made in the likeness of men; that’s part of what we read in our opening verse.
It’s the reason He could be tempted (read Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 1:12-13, Luke 4:1-13). Being a man, it was possible for Him to yield to temptation; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been a bona fide temptation. Hebrews 4:15 says, *"For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."*
Remember, when He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, He said, *"…O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt"* (Matthew 26:39). So, He felt pain. He was hungry like the rest of us (Matthew 4:2), and He ate food like any man would (Luke 24:42-43). He slept when He felt tired (Mark 4:38). He fasted (Matthew 4:2); He kept the flesh under subjection because He wanted to obey God.
The first Adam fell because he disobeyed God. The second Adam, Jesus Christ, made up His mind to obey God. The Bible says in Philippians 2:8, *“And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”* He wanted us to know how to live and please God. He was our example; He rehearsed the God-life to us. Now we can live as He did—in righteousness, dominion over circumstances and absolute submission to the will of the Father. Glory to God!
*PRAYER*
_Dear Father, thank you for making it possible for me to live in dominion over circumstances, and to walk in alignment with your purpose at all times. By the power of the Holy Spirit, I live as Jesus did, in righteousness, pleasing you in all things, in Jesus' Name. Amen._
*FURTHER STUDY:*
*Philippians 2:8 AMPC* And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!
*Matthew 4:1-2* Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. *2* And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
*Philippians 2:5-8 NIV* In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; *7* rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. *8* And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!
*1 Year Bible Reading Plan :* Mark 8:27-38-9:1-13 & Numbers 5-6
*2 Year Bible Reading Plan :* Matthew 18:21-35 & Exodus 9
About the Author
Sinach
A les Avocat, living with the It Begins With Me Mantra and determined to dot all i's and cross all t's for a better Nigeria.
