Answer: Christ humbled himself in his life, by subjecting himself to the law₁, which he perfectly fulfilled₂; and by conflicting with the indignities of the world₃, temptations of Satan₄, and infirmities in his flesh, whether common to the nature of man, or particularly accompanying that his low condition.₅

1. Galatians 4:4
2. Matthew 5:17; Romans 5:19
3. Psalm 22:6; Hebrews 12:2-3
4. Matthew 4:1-12; Luke 4:13
5. Hebrews 2:17-18; Hebrews 4:15; Isaiah 52:13-14

For further study see:

1. WSC Q21: Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?
2. WSC Q22: How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
3. WSC Q23: What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer?
4. WSC Q24: How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?
5. WSC Q25: How doth Christ execute the office of a priest?
6. WSC Q26: How doth Christ execute the office of a king?
7. WSC Q27: Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?
8. WSC Q28: Wherein consisteth Christ’s exaltation?