Question : Why did the Son of God become man ? Answer : He who was above all angels became lower than the angels for a little time ; that he might lift men from their abasement , and set them on his own glorious level in his heavenly Father ’ s kingdom ; and that he might be a faithful and merciful High Priest for the sorrowful and tempted and dying . A . Man as God Made Him God is mindful of man and He visits man . . .. Evidently bigness is not greatness ; a tiny babe is worth more than the tallest mountain ; and an empress - mother will linger in the one room where her child is ill , though she forsake the remainder of her almost illimitable domain . 1 . “ God created man in his own image ” ( Gen . i . 27 ) . 2 . “ And God said , Have dominion ” ( Gen . i . 28 ) . B . Man as Sin Has Made Him Where is the supremacy of man ? Not in the savage cowering before the beasts of the forest ; nor in the civilized races that are the slaves of lust and sensuality and swinish indulgence ; nor in those who , refusing to recognize the authority of God , fail to exercise any authority themselves . “ Sin hath reigned , ” as the Apostle says most truly ( Rom . v . 21 ) . And all who bow their necks beneath its yoke are slaves and menials and cowering subjects , in comparison with what God made and meant them to be . . .. Sin defiles , debases , disfigures , and blasts all it touches . C . Man as Christ Can Make Him 1 . We behold Him . 2 . As He is , we too shall be . The day is not far distant when we shall sit at his side - joint - heirs in his empire ; comrades in his glory , as we have been comrades in his sorrows ; beneath our feet all things visible and invisible , thrones and principalities and powers ; whilst above us shall be the unclouded empyrean of our Father ’ s love , forever and forever . Oh , destiny of surpassing bliss !