1. the Wonderful Fact

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS RICH
"For ye know the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich." 2 Cor. 8:9
This statement leads us back into eternity past. The Riches of which this Word speaks are His eternal Riches. He ever subsisted in the form of God as the only Begotten of the Father, absolutely one with Him. One with the Father before the world existed, "He was rich." Who is able to penetrate the mysteries of eternity? The wisdom of man, his reasoning and imaginations are all folly in the presence of such a stupendous statement. As we turn to God's revelation we receive glimpses of that which "eye has not seen, nor ear heard" as we listen to what God in His Word has to say of the riches of the Son of His Love.
"No man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father." Luke 10:22 Thus He spake Himself. But it is also blessedly true that "God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." 1 Cor. 2:10
What then do the Scriptures say about the eternal Riches of Christ, Who is our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ?
The Word of God tells us that the Son of God was immeasurably rich in eternity in at least three great ways.