I encourage you to join us here at Little Flock on Sunday nights. Early this month we began a study on the person of Christ and the Trinity. We started this study in response to our Sunday morning series through Philippians, specifically chapter 2 verse 7. Jesus Christ “emptied Himself…” What does this mean? We learned that it meant Jesus, remaining what He was (100% God), became what He was not before (100% man). I didn’t think about it then, but this is the heart of the Christmas story! This is the reason the angels cried “Glory to God in the Highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.” This is the reason Mary “treasured all these things in her heart.” This is the reason we celebrate the Christ-child, “Immanuel, God with us.”
Of all the Gospel accounts, John’s Gospel provides us the most succinct of Christmas stories. In fact, in John 1:14, the Apostle tells the Christmas story in just five words. “And the Word became flesh…” The first verse of this magnificent chapter speaks of Jesus. “In the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God, and Jesus was God.” Then, in verse 14, at just the right time, in the second most mysterious moment in all of human history, the moment of Christ’s miraculous and holy conception, “the Word became flesh” in the womb of a young Jewish teenager named Mary. God became flesh. The Second Person of the Holy Trinity, God the Son, “became like us so that we might become like Him.” What should our response be? Like the angels we should cry “glory to God in the Highest!” Like Mary, we should treasure these things in our hearts.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
Bro. John
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