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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
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