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expressed in the man Jesus. Within Him there is something more than the divine omniscience. In Him the excellent divine attributes are pres ent strengthening His human virtues. The Lord Jesus lived in the way of having His human vir tues empowered by the divine attributes.
This was true of the Lord Jesus even at the age of twelve. When the Lord Jesus was twelve, He was a human child. But as we read the account in Luke 2, we see that in this child there was the divine element. God's attributes were expressed in His human living.
The Lord Jesus lived a genuine human life, yet in His life we see the divine element and also certain divine factors. This life did not express man; it expressed God. This is the God-man's life and living.
In the living of the Lord Jesus, man's mind, will, and emotion became the organs to contain God's life. We may compare these organs to the fingers of a glove. Just as the fingers of a glove con tain the real fingers, so the Man-Savior's mind, will, and emotion contain God's life. The five fingers of a glove are not real fingers but contain the five fingers of a human hand. In a similar way, the Lord's mind, will, and emotion are organs