Christ Humbled yet Exalted

John Flavel shows Christ as our fountain of true joy: secured for his people by his humiliation and his exaltation. By humiliation, Flavel means the incarnation - Christ’s birth, ministry, and death - by exaltation he means the four stages of resurrection, ascension, intercession, and His return in judgment.

Flavel shows this twofold act (humiliation and exaltation) is the foundation of our joy because through them Christ has removed our debt and secured our inheritance. “The believer knows,” says Flavel, “that however sweet his communion with Christ is in this world, yet that communion he will have with Christ in heaven will far excel it.”

Table of Contents:
Christ’s Humiliation
A Humble Life
A Prayer of Commendation
A Commemorative Sign
Christ’s Agony
The Nature of Christ’s Death
A Lonely Death
A Lowly Death
A Prayer for Forgiveness
A Promise of Salvation
A Cry of Forsakenness
A Cry of Anguish
The Completion of Christ’s Work
Christ’s Burial
The Blessed Ends of Christ’s Humiliation
Christ’s Exaltation
Christ’s Resurrection
Christ’s Ascension
Christ’s Present Session
Christ’s Triumphant Return