God as Man

Although I haven't been well versed in all the writings of C.S. Lewis, what I have read I've really enjoyed. His writings cause deep thought and meditation concerning my faith in God, and he always goes deeper than I expect causing me to think about scriptures in a new light. I recently purchased a book that has several excerpts from his various writings, entitled "C.S. Lewis: Readings for Meditation and Reflection." I highly recommend this book to any others who enjoy reading Lewis's writings. Apparently, this book has been out for about 15 years. So, it may not be new to any of you. But I wanted to share it with my fellow bloggers. Below is one of his writings, entitled "God as Man"

"God could, had he pleased, have been incarnate in a man of iron nerves, the Stoic sort who lets no sigh escape him. Of His great humility He chose to be incarnate in a man of delicate sensibilities, who wept at the grave of Lazarus and sweated blood in Gethsemane. Otherwise we should have missed the great lesson that it is by his will alone that a man is good or bad, and that feelings are not, in themselves, of any importance. We should also have missed the all-important help of knowing that He has faced all that the weakest of us face, has shared not only the strength of our nature but every weakness of it except sin. If He had been incarnate in a man of immense natural courage, that would have been for many of us almost the same as His not being incarnate at all."

Letter of C.S. Lewis

23rd February 1947

It is so true that if God had come to this earth as some super-human that had no susceptibility to temptation, His ability to not sin would not seem so difficult to me. I wouldn't relate to Jesus the way that I do now. Nor would his death on the cross for my sins be so amazing to me. He came to earth as an ordinary human, a carpenter to be exact, and humbled Himself to the point that he experienced happiness, grief, worry and pain. He didn't even perform his first miracle until he was 30 years old! He could have earned a greater following had He shown his power to more people and at an earlier age. Yet the faith of his followers and of Christians today may not be as strong. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1

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