IN the Psalms the sufferings of Christ are vividly manifest, as well as "the glory that should follow." Those sufferings are not to be confined to the closing scene of his tribulation ... We must consider how he felt and what he thought in relation to his whole surroundings. The opportunity of doing this is abundantly afforded in the Psalms, and more particularly in Psalm 69, to which Paul refers -
"Christ pleased not himself, but as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached Thee fell on me" (Romans 15:2).
Turning to that Psalm, we are presented with the inner and personal experience of Christ in a form not accessible in the Gospel narratives. V.5 -
"0 Lord, Thou knowest my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from Thee"
The application of this to Christ is only intelligible on the principle that he partook of the common nature of our uncleanness - flesh of Adamic stock - in which, as Paul says, there "dwelleth no good thing" (Rom. 7:18); a nature the burdensome of which arises from its native tendencies to foolishness and sin.
This burden is felt in proportion as higher things are appreciated. Christ knew as no man can know, the gloriousness, spotlessness, and spontaneous holiness of the Spirit nature ... True, Christ sustained the burden; he carried the load without stumbling ... Still, the burden was there, and his consciousness of it finds expression in the words under consideration. - The Christadelphian, 1874:171
