In the Spirit's Power - William W. Prescott

The Hidden Source of Life
You know that the roots of a tree are hidden
underneath; but they are the secret sources of life,
and that which appears, which we call the tree, is
after all but the root which comes up in sight.
Christ was the branch to the world, but His root
was hidden in God, and He was made manifest that
the world might see what God is. Christ’s life,
when He was here in the flesh, was in God, and He
depended on God just as much for life for His
service here as we are obliged to depend upon God.
To be sure, He had life; “for as the Father hath life
in Himself, so hath He given to the Son to have life
in Himself.” But when He came here to be the
revelation of God to the world, and an example to
humanity, He put Himself in the very place of
humanity; and as humanity was weak, He became
weak for humanity’s sake. As humanity was
dependent wholly upon a power outside of itself, so
He became dependent. And He said, “As the living
Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: so he
that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me.”
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