Paul spoke of Jesus’ humiliation in His first advent when he wrote that He “emptied Himself” (Phil. 2:7). By these words Paul did not mean Jesus ceased to be God. Instead Paul meant Jesus surrendered the independent exercise of His deity. Thus He lived as a human fully trusting the Father. As God’s ultimate Steward, He acted according to His word, and the Father acted in and through Him. As Jesus neared death, He agonized, “Now my soul has become troubled, and what shall I say, ‘Father save Me from