So This is Christmas

My favorite Christmas Memory

Mom and Dad at the beach with me

However - no matter how sentimental our memories are - these things fundamentally are NOT Christmas

SO - what is Christmas?

CHRISTMAS MEANS GOD IS WITH US

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And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

Word - Logos

Flesh - Sarx

Dwelt - Skeenoo - To encamp

So, God became flesh - to live among us

English Standard Version Chapter 3

16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

He was manifested in the flesh,

vindicated by the Spirit,

seen by angels,

proclaimed among the nations,

believed on in the world,

taken up in glory.