Jesus Came down from heaven

Introduction

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Incarnation:

Jesus came down from heaven to earth - " The coming down " " became one of us"

Story of A P J Abdul kalam - Came down to people

A. It is stimulus to our worship:

That's why we are here in the Church

Our God did not stand on his dignity high up there but he came down to meet us where we are.

He was not aloof from us

Incarnation is the most significant event in the human history - Creator coming down to his creation

God of highest hevean identifiying with human culture on earth

Son of God did not stay in the safe immunity of heaven

He did not stay a loof from the pain and tragedy of this world

He humbled himself to serve

He entered into our world

Incarnation was a dangerous and daring experiment

He didn’t enter into the human arena as a Superman - invincible or invulnerable -

That’s what the Jewish community expected. They were expecting s king but Jesus came as a servant

He took our nature and accepted our limitation - made himself vulnerable

He bore our sins and he died our death in our place

He coming is immensely inpressive

He identified himself with underprillaged, poor, and lowly

It’s a sensational reverse of human thinking

He who set the universe into motion - he is now wrapped in cloths and couldn’t move his own finger

He is the spoken word - now can’t speak

The almighty - now dependent on mother

His birth was a mysterious one -

He exposed himself to the gossip - that he was illegitimate

He was a Jewish baby - a Palestinian Jewish baby under an oppressed leadership of Rome

Then he became a refugee baby - in Egypt no where to lay his head

He became a baby destine to die for the sins of the world. He was unjustly arrested, cried, mocked, condemned, flogged, he dies and paid penalty

He became a victim of gross injustice

Does it not call for a fresh to worship him?

B. It’s a stimulus to faith

The world is now filled with so much of agony - war, injustice, Christian’s being killed …..

Cry - why does God alllow these things to happen?

God has done something - he came down - not only saw it but experienced our suffering

Rio - extended arms of Jesus as if blessing the place

Man - climbed up and say come down - Jesus would have said ……

Jesus has experienced our pain and suffering - suffered and died for us

Incarnation and the cross - provides us justification of God and inspires us with faith

C. It’s a stimulus to our Mission

He is calling us to enter into the other people’s world

As he entered into our world - we need to enter into other others people lives and hearts to share the Gospel

Conclusion

We celebrate God who became a human being

God in Christ came down from heaven to earth

May your life become Christ centered life

He came down to where we are to lift us up to where he is - that would have been impossible without the incarnation

Let’s imitate him sharing this good news

We need to comedown form our pride, high horses, detachment

We should be able to feel the suffering of people and be helpful