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Intro: Just want to welcome you here today, as we celebrate Christmas together, there are a lot of reasons to be excited during Christmas, the music, the gifts, the family, the lights…but for a believer, though we enjoy all of those things, the real reason we sing and rejoice because of the incarnation:

Intro: Just want to welcome you here today, as we celebrate Christmas together, there are a lot of reason to be excited during Christmas, the music, the gifts, the family, the lights…but for a believer, though we enjoy all of those things, the real reason we sing and rejoice because of the incarnation :

(Prop) So today I want to answer 3 simple questions

What is the incarnation?

Why is it so important?

Why should it be important to me?

What is the Incarnation?

The word incarnation is taken from the Latin and it simply means “In flesh” “In carne” which is what the bible say about God...that the eternal creator of the universe, took on the flesh and blood of a human being...

The word incarnation is taken from the Latin and it simply means “In flesh” “In carne” which is what the bible about God…that the eternal creator of the universe, came as a man and dwelt among us...

Or as the Apostle John said...

John 1:1-

So here we see two big things, Jesus whom John is speaking about here is

Here John’s primary audience were greeks who treasured wisdom…So John refers to Jesus as the “Word” or the greek word “Logos” would essentally referred too the power that puts sense into the world, making the world orderly instead of chaotic.

the source of Ultimate reason in the universe

Remember that Matt, Mark, Luke, John were all writing the same story, each was writing to a difference audience.

And because of that each Gospel writer chose to emphasize, highlight certain moments, certain events in the life of Jesus that would best communicate the Gospel of Jesus to their audience.

John says “The Word became flesh”

because The Greek philosophers saw the logos as the power that puts sense into the world, making the world orderly instead of chaotic.

They saw the logos as the “Ultimate Reason” that controlled all things.

(Dods, Morris, Barclay, Bruce, and others)

So here we see two big things, Jesus whom John is speaking about here is

Matt spoke to Jews who needed to be saved so he referred to Jesus as the messiah

Now this isn’t merely a reference to the human body but the entirety of what makes up humanity — body, mind, emotions, and will.

- He had a natural birth born of a woman

- Had a normal body of flesh and bones

- Grew up as a boy

- Had a family

-He had a family business

tells us he had a natural birth and was loving and caring towards his parents

- Obeyed his parents

He had a home town

- He got hungry

tells us that he had brothers and sisters and they had a family business - Carpentry

- He got stressed

- He went to parties

- He went to parties

All this to demonstrate that Jesus became real living breathing human being

4:15 teaches that Jesus had to be made like us “in every respect” except our sin…

In other words…He became just like us...

Flesh

So here’s the point - In the incarnation, everything proper to humanity was united to the Son of God.

The Son of God did not only become like man; he actually became truly and fully human.

Flesh isn’t merely a reference to the human body but the entirety of what makes up humanity — body, mind, emotions, and will.

and 4:15teach that to save human beings Jesus had to be made like us “in every respect” except our sin.

In the incarnation, everything proper to humanity was united to the Son of God.

The Son of God did not only become like man; he actually became truly and fully human.

In the incarnation, everything proper to humanity was united to the Son of God.

The Son of God did not only become like man; he actually became truly and fully human.

Max Lucado describes in practical term what this meant...

So the eternal Son of God, without ceasing to be God, took on a fully human nature.

This is what Christians have long called “the incarnation.”

The bible speaks of Jesus humanity clearly

“One author writes”

“The high and lofty One made low and helpless.

The One who inhabits eternity comes to dwell in time.

The One, who the testament describes as He who none can look upon and live, is delivered in a stable under the soft, indifferent gaze of cattle.

The Father of all mercies puts Himself at our mercy…this is the “Incarnation”.

Max Lucado describes in practical term what this meant...

Mark spoke to slaves so he referred to Jesus as “the one who came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many”

Max Lucado describes in practical term what this meant...

felt."

Max Lucado describes in practical term what this meant...

"God was given eyebrows, elbows, two kidneys, and a spleen.

He, the only one who to have ever truly been independent made himself highly dependent as a little baby.

The Almighty learned to walk.

Children played in the street with Him.

Jesus may have had pimples.

He may have been tone- deaf.

Perhaps a girl down the street had a crush on Him...

It could be that His knees were bony.

He felt weak.

He grew weary...

He was tempted...

He felt the frailty of the human condition and all of the weight that comes with it.

His feelings got hurt.

His feet got tired, His head ached.

For thirty-three years He would feel everything you and I have ever felt."

App: this is the Incarnation…Jesus christ descending down from Heaven becoming like one of us...

So the incarnation is God becoming flesh and blood…but understand this was no circus stunt, just for show.

Jesus had to do it....

And this leads us to the next question

Why did Jesus do it?

“One author writes”

Why did God become a human being?

I’m gonna give you 3 big reasons...

Luke Spoke of the “humanity” of Jesus

To reveal God to us even more

Before Jesus came people had a somewhat limited and fearful view and God…they knew the Fear of God of Mt.Sinai…they knew Holiness of God through his Law…but it wasn’t until Jesus came in flesh and blood that people began to see the relational Heart of God...

look at what John said...

In other words Jesus explained the heart of God to humanity.

We need no longer wonder what God is like; Jesus shows us.

In other words Jesus explained the heart of God to humanity.

We need no longer wonder what God is like; Jesus shows us.

Jesus when speaking to one of his disciples said this...

Here’s the point: Jesus is the clear expression of God’s heart and his intention towards humanity…towards you…you wanna know what God thinks about you…look at Jesus and you can know for sure

Here’s another reason Jesus did it...

To save us from our sins

Jesus came to bring salvation into the world

Jesus came to bring salvation into the world

John wrote to an overwhelmingly Greek audience so he spoke of Jesus as “the Word which to them would have referred to the one who that puts sense into the world, making the world orderly instead of chaotic.