God With Us

"The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory." John 1:14

You may have taken all your Christmas decorations down by now, but these verses from the Christmas story describe the incarnation of God as well as any in Scriptures. They tell us of Jesus Christ, who is one of a kind. He never wrote a book, yet the book that tells His story, the Bible, has outsold every other book in history. He never wrote a song, but there have been more songs written about Jesus than about anyone else. He never traveled more than a few miles from home, yet there are few places you can go where His name is not known.

Jesus is called the Son of God and the Son of Man because in His incarnation, He has the essence of both. Some groups who come knocking on your door will tell you that Jesus Christ is less than God. Don't believe it. He is fully God, co-equal with the Father. The title "Son of Man" does not involve any denial of deity.

When the Bible calls Jesus the "Son of Man," it means that He bears the true essence of Humanity, apart from sin. When the Bible declares that Jesus is the "Son of God," it does not mean He's less than God. On the contrary, all of the characteristics that make God who He is are present in Jesus. He is God too.

In Jesus we have the perfect wedding of deity and humanity, coexisting in one Person without being confused or mixed. Theologians call this the "hypostatic union" of Christ, the nature of God and the nature of man located in one Person.

The glory of the Incarnation is that all of God was in Christ, and all of man was in Jesus. Jesus is the name that recognizes His humanity. Christ is the name, or actually the title, that recognizes His appointment for salvation

What it all adds up to is a glorious Savior who is worthy of your complete trust and worship. Is Jesus Christ you "all in all" today?

Think about it: The Incarnation solved our biggest problem: the need for a Savior who had to be sinless and yet fully human so He could die a real death for us.

By Tony Evans, taken from "Time To Get Serious"

Beginning to End: Jeremiah 23-25
Old and New Testaments Together: Psalm 100-102 & I Cor. 1
Historical: Song of Solomon
Chronological: Jeremiah 38-40 & Psalm 74 & 79
Blended: Psalm 100-102 & Galatians 3

The Bible reading guides will be taken from Back to the Bible