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  THE CROSS THE WAY TO GOD
  by Andrew Murray
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Summary: Christ's human nature and life of submission to human
conditions made it possible for him to come to God through the cross.

Topics: "The Cross", "Humility and Obedience"
Scripture References: Philippians 2:7

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Andrew Murray emphasizes that Jesus, by taking on human nature, fully
embraced the burdens of sin and weakness, demonstrating how a true man
should live in obedience to God. He highlights Christ's growth in wisdom
and stature, his experiences of temptation and suffering, and how these
prepared him for the ultimate sacrifice on the cross. The cross,
therefore, is presented as the only way for Jesus, as both man and
Mediator, to reconcile humanity with God. This profound act of humility
and obedience serves as a model for believers in their own spiritual
journeys.

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When our blessed Lord took our human nature with all its burden of sin
and curse, he submitted to all the conditions of our human feebleness,
and gave himself to be and to do all that a true man needed to be and do
as God's creature, and how a creature should act; that he might make it
possible for us to live as a creature should; he humbled himself to live
the life of a creature. He not only grew and became strong; he not only
advanced in stature but in wisdom too, and in favour with God and man.
Through his whole life there was a true human development.

In the gradual opening up to him of the will of God; in his learning
obedience, and being made perfect through suffering; in his life of
temptation and suffering; in his preparation for his final sacrifice; in
all things he became like us. And so the cross was to him, as man and
Mediator, the only path by which, in our nature, he could come to God.

(Excerpted from The Cross of Christ, pg. 67)

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/andrew-murray/the-cross-the-way-to-god/
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