The following is an expert from Gregory of Nazianzus' third theological oration preached in A.D. 380. It an incredible piece that causes us to marvel and the wonder of Jesus.
For He Whom you now treat with contempt was once above you.
He Who is now Man was once the Uncompounded.
What He was He continued to be;
what He was not He took to Himself.
In the beginning He was, uncaused; for what is the Cause of God?
But afterwards for a cause He was born.
And that cause was that you might be saved…
He was born—
but He had been begotten:
He was born of a woman—
but she was a Virgin.
The first is human, the second Divine.
In His Human nature He had no Father,
but also in His Divine Nature no Mother.
Both these belong to Godhead.
He dwelt in the womb—
but He was recognized by the Prophet, himself still in the womb, leaping before the Word, for Whose sake He came into being.
He was wrapped in swaddling clothes —
but He took off the swathing bands of the grave by His rising again.
He was laid in a manger—
but He was glorified by Angels, and proclaimed by a star, and worshipped by the Magi…
He was driven into exile into Egypt—
but He drove away the Egyptian idols.
He had no form nor comeliness in the eyes of the Jews —
but to David He is fairer than the children of men.
And on the Mountain He was bright as the lightning,
and became more luminous than the sun,
initiating us into the mystery of the future.
He was baptized as Man—
but He remitted sins as God…
He was tempted as Man,
but He conquered as God;
yea, He bids us be of good cheer, for He has overcome the world.
He hungered—
but He fed thousands;
yea, He is the Bread that gives life, and That is of heaven.
He thirsted—
but He cried, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink.
Yea, He promised that fountains should flow from them that believe.
He was wearied,
but He is the Rest of them that are weary and heavy laden.
He was heavy with sleep,
but He walked lightly over the sea.
He rebuked the winds,
He made Peter light as he began to sink.
He pays tribute,
but it is out of a fish;
yea, He is the King of those who demanded it.
He is called a Samaritan and a demoniac; —
but He saves him that came down from Jerusalem and fell among thieves;
the demons acknowledge Him,
and He drives out demons and sinks in the sea legions of foul spirits,
and sees the Prince of the demons falling like lightning.
He is stoned,
but is not taken.
He prays,
but He hears prayer.
He weeps,
but He causes tears to cease.
He asks where Lazarus was laid, for He was Man;
but He raises Lazarus, for He was God.
He is sold, and very cheap, for it is only for thirty pieces of silver;
but He redeems the world, and that at a great price, for the Price was His own blood.
As a sheep He is led to the slaughter,
but He is the Shepherd of Israel,
and now of the whole world also.
As a Lamb He is silent,
yet He is the Word,
and is proclaimed by the Voice of one crying in the wilderness.
He is bruised and wounded,
but He heals every disease and every infirmity.
He is lifted up and nailed to the Tree,
but by the Tree of Life He restores us…
He lays down His life,
but He has power to take it again…
He dies,
but He gives life,
and by His death destroys death.
He is buried,
but He rises again;
He goes down into Hell,
but He brings up the souls;
He ascends to Heaven, and shall come again to judge the quick and the dead
