Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?

Which Bible passages support this answer?

The Westminster Assembly attached these Scripture proofs to answer 27. Read them together and ask what each one shows about the answer.

1. Luke 2:7

   And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (NET)

2. Galatians 4:4

   But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, (NET)

3. Hebrews 12:2-3

   ²keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. ³Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up. (NET)

4. Isaiah 53:2-3

   ²He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him. ³He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant. (NET)

5. Luke 22:44

   And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.] (NET)

6. Matthew 27:46

   At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (NET)

7. Philippians 2:8

   He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death —even death on a cross! (NET)

8. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

   ³For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received—that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, ⁴and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures, (NET)

9. Acts 2:24-27, 31

   ²⁴But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be held in its power. ²⁵For David says about him,‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken. ²⁶Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced;my body also will live in hope, ²⁷because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay. ³¹David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay. (NET)

What does this answer mean?

Christ's humiliation was his coming low for us. He was born, and in a low condition. He was made under the law and underwent the miseries of this life. He bore the wrath of God and the cursed death of the cross. He was buried and stayed under the power of death for a time.

What can we ask our children?

1. Where was Jesus born, and why was it a low place?
2. What did Jesus suffer on the cross?
3. Why did Jesus go so low?