Condescending Love

[W]hen the fullness of time was come, Christ came, made of a woman, made under the law, according to the eternal counsel of the Father. He did not come in glory or splendor, as him who brought salvation with him. No, he was born in a stable and laid in a manger; oxen were his companions. Our Lord Jesus Christ stooped in amazing love to such low and poor things for our sakes. What love is this, that the Son of God would come into our world in so lowly a condition, to deliver us from sin and misery to which we are involved by the fall of our first parents! The Lord Jesus Christ came to take our nature upon him and to die a shameful, painful, and accursed death for our sakes. He died for our sins to bring us to God. He cleansed us from the guilt of sin by his blood, he satisfied for our imperfections, and now, my friends, we have bold access unto him.

George Whitefield Daily Readings, Randall J. Pederson, ed., Christian Focus Publications, 2010,  taken from the July 19 reading.