...will act in heaven till the day of judgment, by commission, and according to instructions. " He came not to do his own will, but the will " of him that sent him ; " in which he not only is our Saviour, but " hath left us an example that " we should follow his...

...much to be the first cause " of all things, as he that created all things by him ? " Does he who came not to do his own will, but the will " of him that sent him, claim as much to have no su" perior, as he whose will he was sent to fulfil?" And he has more to the...

...that we say, thy will be done, and what God's will is should ever be remembered. Christ says, "he cam* down from heaven not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him." Then Christ came to save all men, for this is the will of God. For this reason he tasted death for...

...goodness ; will be our heart's desire and prayer, in proportion as we have seen and believed in him, who came down from heaven not to do his own will, but the will of him who sent him. — The most remarkable and astonishing instance of human resignation, I ever remember...

...to what was proposed by the Father, and consented to by the Son. Hence Christ saith, that " he came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him, * John xvi. 24. Mark xi. 24. 1 John v. 14, 15. and to finish his work, and to give eternal life to as many...

...be subservient to that infinite and sovereign Being; herein imitating his blessed Saviour, who lived not to " do his own will, but the will of him that sent him ;" and again, " to seek the glory of him that sent him." In a word, he looks upon himself, not as in...

...himself; — an everlasting spirit, which came forth from God, and was sent down into an house of clay, not to do his own will, but the will of Him that sent him. He knows the world ; — the place in which he is to pass a few days or years, not as an inhabitant,...

...was upon earth, he constantly acknowledged that he acted as Mediator, by commission from his Father; that he " came down from heaven, not to do his own...will, but the will of him that sent him," John vi. 38. Now, the purport of his commission is summed up by himself, when he says, " This is the Father's will...

...of man ascend up where he was before." Sermons Page 132. Our blessed Lord told the unbelieving Jews, that he came down from heaven, not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him. No persons are said to descend from heaven, but such as were really there, before they appeared upon...

...they may be directed to thee, and that thou mayest have the management of them. My Lord Jesus came from heaven, not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him ; much more must I say so : || Lord, my own wilful will hath ruined me, cure me of this stubbornness,...