...glory, riches, blessedness, the Father had, dwelt with equal fulness in the Son ; for he was in the form of God, and thought • it no robbery to be equal with God. This was the 4 Lord Jesus. Oh, brethren ! can you trust yopr salvation to suci You hear it was he that...

...judgment in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law." II. Christ became poor. He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God; but he made himself of no reputation (IAHi»«i), and took upon him the form of a servant, and was...

...Father's equal. As he *•« the Son of God, it is said of him elsewhere " That he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God" (Phil. ii. 6); but as lie nai Mediator, and assumed our nature, it is said " That he made himself of...

...Father, and shared with him the throne of the universe. As the apostle expresses it, he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God. God was then all in all! The names of Father, Son, and Spirit were unknown, though that mysterious...

...assumption of human nature, existed " in the form of God," (iv pop$y Qfov, the similitude, likeness of God), " and thought it no robbery to be equal with God." (Phil. U. 7.) The language of the whole passage is quite peculiar ; " And they saw the God of Israel;...

...most harmless person in our world ? the most humble. But who so humble as Jesus? He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God : yet he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Though he was...

...with man ; truly God, and truly man, a complete, all-sufficient Saviour. Though he was " in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God ;" yet he " made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant ; and being found...

...(JVote, Acts 9:3—6.) "The Angel of his presence," the Messenger of the covenant, who "was in the form — 14.) 5 IT Then 'said I, Woe is me! for I ami •und assumed "the form or a servant," that in our nature he might bear our griefs and carry our sorrows:...

...possessed the perfection of Deity from everlasting, even the fulness of the Godhead. He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God — being the brightness of the Father's glory, and the express image of his person. Hence, every attribute...

...grace. The change that I refer to, is that change that was wrought when He, who is the eternal Son of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, laid aside all his glory, and exchanged it for the veil of our inferior clay. That change, my brethren,...