The Humble Son of God

"Learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart."

Lord Jesus Christ

Matthew 11:29

What is the humility of the Son of God?

The humility of the Son of God consists in the fact that He was born as a man and in a poor family, was subject to the law of God, suffered the evils of this life, the wrath of God and the accursed death on the cross, was buried and remained under the power of death until the third day.

The Son of God renounced everything and took the form of a servant

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." John 1:1, 14

"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 2:6-7

Although He was God the Son throughout all eternity, He was pleased, when the appointed time was fulfilled, to become the Son of Man, born of a woman in a lowly position.

"But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons." Galatians 4:4-5

"Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith:

"Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God." Hebrews 10:5-7

The Son of God lived a sinless and completely obedient life to God

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matthew 5:17

"For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me." John 6:38

"And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins, and in him is no sin." 1John 3:5

"Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth." 1 Peter 2:22

The Son of God came to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many

"And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them:

"Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him, and the third day he shall rise again... Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:17-19, 28

The Son of God suffered the most terrible sorrows in his soul

Before he was betrayed and condemned, Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray.

"Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

Then saith he unto them:

"My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me."

And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying:

"O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt".

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter:

"What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying:

"O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done".

And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words." Matthew 26:36-44

"And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground." Luke 22:43-44

The Son of God was betrayed with the kiss of a friend

"Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them:

"Sleep on now, and take your rest, behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going, behold, he is at hand that doth betray me".

And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying:

"Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he, hold him fast".

And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said:

"Hail, master" and kissed him.

And Jesus said unto him:

"Friend, wherefore art thou come?"

Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him." Matthew 26:45-50

"But Jesus said unto him:

"Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?"

When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him:

"Lord, shall we smite with the sword?"

And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him." Luke 22:48-51

"Then said Jesus unto him:

"Put up again thy sword into his place, for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?"

In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes:

"Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled".

Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled." Matthew 26:52-56

The Son of God was abandoned by his disciples

Before he was betrayed, Jesus warned his disciples:

"Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me." John 16:32

"Then saith Jesus unto them:

"All ye shall be offended because of me this night, for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee".

Peter answered and said unto him,:

"Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended".

Jesus said unto him:

"Verily I say unto thee, that this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice".

Peter said unto him:

"Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee". Likewise also said all the disciples." Matthew 26:31-35

After they caught Jesus “all the disciples forsook him, and fled.vAnd they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end." Matthew 26:56-58

"And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said,:

"This man was also with him".

And he denied him, saying,:

"Woman, I know him not".

And after a little while another saw him, and said:

"Thou art also of them".

And Peter said,:

"Man, I am not".

And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying:

"Of a truth this fellow also was with him, for he is a Galilaean".

And Peter said:

"Man, I know not what thou sayest".

And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly." Luke 22:55-62

The Son of God was unjustly accused

"And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying:

"We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands".

But neither so did their witness agree together.

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying:

"Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee?"

But he held his peace, and answered nothing.

Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him:

"Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

And Jesus said:

"I am, and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven".

Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith:

"What need we any further witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy. What think ye?"

And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him:

"Prophesy, and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands." Mark 14:55-65

The Son of God was despised and rejected by men

"And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

And Pilate asked him:

"Art thou the King of the Jews?"

And he answering said unto them:

"Thou sayest it".

And the chief priests accused him of many things, but he answered nothing.

And Pilate asked him again, saying:

"Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee".

But Jesus yet answered nothing, so that Pilate marvelled.

Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. But Pilate answered them, saying:

"Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?"

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

And Pilate answered and said again unto them:

"What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?"

And they cried out again:

"Crucify him".

Then Pilate said unto them:

"Why, what evil hath he done?"

And they cried out the more exceedingly:

"Crucify him."

Mark 15:1-14

About 700 years earlier, the prophet Isaiah predicted:

"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted."

Isaiah 53:3-4

God's Son was beaten for our sins

“Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him."

John 19:1

"Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand, and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying:

"Hail, King of the Jews!"

And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head." Matthew 27:27-30

Isaiah's prophecy:

"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth." Isaiah 53:5-7

Apostle Peter writes:

"Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." 1 Peter 2:23

The Son of God was unjustly condemned to crucifixion

"Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them:

"Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him".

Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them:

"Behold the man!"

When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying:

"Crucify him, crucify him".

Pilate saith unto them:

"Take ye him, and crucify him, for I find no fault in him".

The Jews answered him:

We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God".

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid. And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus:

"Whence art thou?"

But Jesus gave him no answer.

Then saith Pilate unto him:

"Speakest thou not unto me? Jnowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?"

Jesus answered:

"Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above, therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin".

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying:

"If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend, whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar".

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour, and he saith unto the Jews:

"Behold your King!"

But they cried out:

"Away with him, away with him, crucify him".

Pilate saith unto them:

"Shall I crucify your King?"

The chief priests answered:

"We have no king but Caesar".

Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away."

John 19:4-16

Isaiah's prophecy:

"He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living, for the transgression of my people was he stricken." Isaiah 53:8

"For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain." Acts 13:27-28

The Son of God prayed for his murderers

"And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

Then said Jesus:

"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do".

And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying:

"He saved others, let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God".

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, and saying:

"If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself".

And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew:

"THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS".

Luke 23:33-38

The Son of God bore God's wrath and God's punishment

By taking upon Himself our sins, Jesus suffered the greatest punishment – His separation from God the Father, with whom He had been together for all eternity. On the cross He bore the wrath of God for us.

"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying"

"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" That is to say:"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46

About 1,000 years before the crucifixion of Christ, King David prophesied:

"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?...

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn, they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying: "He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him, let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him". But thou art he that took me out of the womb, thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb, thou art my God from my mother's belly. Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help. Many bulls have compassed me, strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint, my heart is like wax, it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

But be not thou far from me, O Lord, O my strength, haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion's mouth, for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns." Psalms 22:1, 6-21

The Son of God humbled himself to death on a cross

"And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." Philippians 2:8

"And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said:

" Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit"

And having said thus, he gave up the ghost." Luke 23:46

"For scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:7-8

"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us." 1 Thessalonians 5:9

The Son of God sacrificed Himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity

"In the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." Hebrews 9:26

"Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father." Galatians 1:4

" Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works." Titus 2:14

"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." 1 Peter 2:24

"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your father's, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." 1 Peter 1:18 -19

The Son of God was buried and remained under the power of death until the third day

Jesus said:

"An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas, gor as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

Matthew 12:39-40

"And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre."

Acts 13:29

"Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead, and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid."

Mark 15:43-47

Isaiah's prophecy:

"And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities.

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressions, and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."

Isaiah 53:9-12

You can read more detailed information about the crucifixion of Christ in my publication The Crucified Son of God.

The biblical quotes used are from:

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/