How  much  more,  then,  Divine  propriety — that  which  become th  God !

2.  The  statement  here  is  not  "  it  became  God,"  or  "  it  became
the  Father,"  but,  with  impressive  emphasis,  "  It  became  him,  for
whom  are  all  things,  and  through  whom  are  all  things."     The
sufferings  of  man's  Saviour  fit  into  the  whole  character  of  Jehovah
and  all  His  infinite  perfections :  they  form  an  essential  element
of  the  Divine  counsels  and  operations.     Either  the  whole  scheme
of  the  Divine  creation  and  government  is  loose  and  contingent,  or
the  perfecting  of  the  Captain  of  salvation  is  based  on  a  Divine
necessity  of  wisdom,  righteousness,  and  love.     The  question  has
sometimes  been  put,  whether  or  not  sinners  might  have  been
saved  in  some  other  way  than  through  the  incarnation  of  the
Eternal  Word,  and  the  atonement  of  the  cross.     Here  we  have
an  answer  to  the  question,  as  direct  as  the  occasion  calls  for :  "  It
became "  the  All-Perfect,  that  the  work  should  be  accomplished
even  so.
