485. \u201cJesus Took\u201d<\/p>\n
Christ not only looked upon humanity and saw its need, but He came in contact with it, that its need might be met.<\/p>\n
1. His Incarnation. \u201cHe took not on,\u201d or, as American marginal Revised Version: \u201cFor verily not of angels doth He take hold, but He taketh hold of the seed of Abraham\u201d (Heb_2:16). Christ\u2019s incarnation was the door which led to the altar of His sacrifice on Calvary, which secures for us the holy place of His salvation. The word epilambanomai means to take on, or upon, and is rendered \u201ccaught\u201d in Mat_14:31, \u201ctake hold of\u201d in Luk_20:20, and \u201clay hold on\u201d in 1 Timothy 6.<\/p>\n
12, 19. The thought is, His taking upon Himself human nature in order to benefit the humans with whom He is identified. See how the incident of Peter being \u201ccaught\u201d by Christ illustrates.<\/p>\n
2. His Identification. Christ is the \u201cLamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world\u201d (Joh_1:29). The word airo, rendered \u201ctaketh away,\u201d means to take up upon one\u2019s self, as when the healed man was commanded to \u201ctake up\u201d his bed (Mat_9:6); but in Christ\u2019s case in being identified with us in our sin, by dying for it, it means also to put away; hence, He was \u201cmanifested to take away our sins\u201d (1Jn_3:5). The word is rendered \u201cremoved,\u201d in Mar_11:23, \u201ctook away\u201d in Joh_11:41, and \u201cput away\u201d in Eph_4:31. How true are the words of Luther: \u201cHe is my sin, and I am His righteousness.\u201d<\/p>\n
3. His Reception. When reference is made to Christ\u2019s deliberate action in identifying Himself with the woes and wants of humanity, the words are cited, \u201cHimself took our infirmities\u201d (Mat_8:17), as fulfilling them. Lambano means to take, or to receive to one\u2019s self; hence, it is often rendered \u201creceive.\u201d (See its use in Joh_1:12, Joh_1:16; Joh_6:21; Joh_13:20; Joh_16:24; Joh_17:8; Joh_20:22). The hand of ready help was ever moved by the heart of loving sympathy.<\/p>\n
4. His Deliberation. Christ\u2019s death was no accident. His star of destiny was His death on Calvary. He knew, too, that death\u2019s grip could not hold Him. His own statements are beyond all question as to these acts. He says: \u201cI lay down My life, that I might take (lambano, to take to Myself) it again.\u201d And He further says: \u201cI have power (or His Father\u2019s authority, as the word means, and the context shows) to take it again\u201d (Joh_10:17-18).<\/p>\n
5. His Commemoration. Lambano is used three times in the inception of the Lord\u2019s Supper. \u201cJesus took bread… and said, Take, eat… He took the cup\u201d (Mar_14:22-23). We are not left in any doubt as to the purpose of that death. The Bread represented, as He Himself declares: \u201cThis is My body given to you… This cup is the New Testament in My Blood, which is shed for you\u201d (Luk_22:19-20). How terse and telling are the words, \u201cgiven… shed for you!\u201d We find a sevenfold fact in that giving. Love is its source, Grace is its act, Blood is its price, Men are its object, Salvation is its end, Christ is its Substance, and Glory is its consummation.<\/p>\n
6. His Power. \u201cHe took the seven loaves\u201d (Mat_15:36). When we place what we have in His hands, He makes it meet any emergency. His taking is our making, and others\u2019 blessing. There is much in our little when He takes it, for the naught (0) of our insignificance is multiplied by the thousandfold (1000) of His almightiness.<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle is much, when God is in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
7. His Example. \u201cTook upon Him the form of a servant\u201d (Php_2:7). What a contrast between \u201cthe form of God\u201d and \u201cthe form of a slave.\u201d Yet His greatness is seen in both. The beauty of a violet, in its lowly bed under the hedge, is as magnificent as the brightness of the sun in the sky. The Babe of Bethlehem in a manger is equal to the Creator of Genesis. He is our Example of Lowliness, hence we are exhorted to have the \u201csame mind\u201d of lowliness as was in Him.<\/p>\n
8. His Object Lesson. \u201cHe took a child and set him in the midst\u201d (Mar_9:36). Christ was continually referring to things around, and reaching out to things at hand, to illustrate Divine principles and truth. A child is simple in trust, humble in spirit, loving in disposition, and responsive to kindness. Christ not only set the \u201clittle child (R.V.) in the midst,\u201d but He took it into His arms, and that act He emphasises to point the injunction, that kindness done to a child is a kindness done to Himself; yea, to His Father as well. Here is a law in the Kingdom of grace. He that does a kindness to another does a kindness to Christ.<\/p>\n
9. His Prophetic Act. \u201cJesus taketh Peter, James, and John… and was transfigured before them\u201d (Mat_17:1-2). The word \u201ctaketh\u201d has the prefix para added to lambano, hence it means to take alongside of, which expresses the thought of friendship and fellowship. Christ uses it when He says: \u201cI will come again and receive you to Myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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