Phil. 2:5-8; Isaiah 53:1-6, Humility

·        Station #5: He humbled Himself.  As we have noted at each station, Jesus was active.  HE humbled Himself.  HE made Himself low.  In the great Messianic Psalm that describes the cross so clearly it is said of Messiah, I am a worm, and no man.  That kind of language is not permitted these days where we are told we must speak well of ourselves and have high self-esteem.  Perhaps you know an old hymn (entitled At the Cross) that has this line: Would He devote that sacred head for such a worm as I.  But recent versions have changed “worm” to “one”; to such a one as I!  To understand this consider this from Henry Morris (p73):

"When the female of the scarlet worm species was ready to give birth to her young, she would attach her body to the trunk of a tree, fixing herself so firmly and permanently that she would never leave again. The eggs deposited beneath her body were thus protected until the larvae were hatched and able to enter their own life cycle. As the mother died, the crimson fluid stained her body and the surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such female scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes of antiquity were extracted. What a picture this gives of Christ, dying on the tree, shedding his precious blood that he might 'bring many sons unto glory' (Hbr 2:10)! He died for us, that we might live through him! Psa 22:6 describes such a worm and gives us this picture of Christ. (cf. Isa 1:18)"

The Son of God did not come to earth as a great Man, wealthy, famous, full of glory as He had been in heaven.  He humbled Himself so that He was unrecognizable as the Son of God.  He had none of the things that belong to the rich and famous and He was so humiliated by those around Him that we hid, as it were, our faces from Him … we did not esteem Him (Isa. 53:3).  He was truly the Man of sorrows.  Hallelujah!  What a Savior! 

1.  “Man of Sorrows!” what a name For the Son of God, who came Ruined sinners to reclaim. Hallelujah! What a Savior!	2.  Bearing shame and scoffing rude, In my place condemned He stood; Sealed my pardon with His blood. Hallelujah! What a Savior!
3.  Guilty, vile, and helpless we; Spotless Lamb of God was He; “Full atonement!” can it be? Hallelujah! What a Savior!	4.  Lifted up was He to die; “It is finished!” was His cry; Now in Heav’n exalted high. Hallelujah! What a Savior!
5.  When He comes, our glorious King, All His ransomed home to bring, Then anew His song we’ll sing: Hallelujah! What a Savior!