Among all of the
attributes of the triune God three, in particular, are best known, and most
discussed: Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnipresence.
All powerful. All
knowing. All present.
At least this was true
until about two thousand years ago. However, at about that time it all changed.
For you see, God suddenly had a new experience. (And you never knew God was
capable of having a new experience). He clothed Himself in flesh. He became a
man. Of course, He started out as a baby.
I have previously written
about our Lord’s decision to limit Himself. However, it occurred to me today
that He did much more than limit Himself. From the moment the Holy Spirit made
it possible for Jesus to metamorphose into the womb of Mary, He became…
disabled. (Yes, He did).
The Disabled Jesus
For you see, from that
point forward until today, and forevermore our Lord, Savior and Messiah wore a
body, and voluntary surrendered one of His three most important attributes.
Omnipresence. You see, if Jesus appeared in your living room at this moment
that is the only place He would be.
How, then, would I prove
that the King of kings and Lord of lords is disabled? Well, don’t we characterize
a person who has lost one or more faculties as “disabled?” If a man rolls up to
us in a wheelchair, and cannot use his legs, he is obviously disabled. Jesus
has done much the same thing. He has given up one of His faculties so that He
might better identify with us, and we with Him.
Pt. 2
Granted, God, the Father
and God, the Holy Spirit continue to enjoy Omnipotence, Omniscience and
Omnipresence. However, Jesus can no longer be all places at all times, nor even
in two or three places at one time, but, rather, only one.
The Disabled Jesus
It was always His plan
to be born of a virgin, to walk and talk among “the children of men,” to be
hung on a cross, to die for the sins of mankind, to rise from the dead on third
day, to ascend into heaven, and we have every reason to believe He will return
for His body, the Church, in the not too distant future.
As a result, the writer
of Hebrews encourages us with the following words:
“We have not a High
Priest who cannot be touched by the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all
ways tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us come boldly to the throne of
grace that we may receive mercy for our failures, and grace to help in the time
of need.” (Hebrews 4:15-16)
The disabled Jesus IS
touched with our trials, troubles, and turmoil since He voluntarily limited
Himself, and became disabled for us. And because He chosen to become like us,
and over the course of His thirty-three years on earth surrender His glory, and
thus far, and forevermore divest Himself of one-third of His most wonderful and
amazing attributes, we have been encouraged to walk right up to the throne of
His Father, and lay our petitions at His feet!
The Disabled Jesus
I have never heard our
Lord referred to as “disabled,” and yet He totally fits the profile for He has
put on a body, He has limited Himself, and He has surrendered one of His
primary attributes.
The Disabled Jesus
It was just a stray
thought which came to me today. I will never think of our Lord Jesus Christ,
His life, His mission, and His ultimate fate, and ongoing existence the same
way again.
by William McDonald, PhD. Copyright pending
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