I cannnot improve upon the message in today's Faith Food by Kenneth E. Hagin!
Incarnation
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth" (John 1:1,14).
Webster defines Incarnation as "The union of divinity with humanity in Jesus Christ."
Incarnation was the only solution to the human problem - the only hope for mankind to be reunited with God. Any religion that denies the Incarnation of Jesus of Nazareth is false!
This Eternal Being, called Emmanuel - God with us, or Jesus the Christ - is here called the Word. The Word existed in the beginning. The Word was with God - with God in fellowship, in purpose, working with Him. God made the worlds through the Word (Heb. 1:2; John 1:3).
And this Eternal Being was God! He possessed the same nature. He existed in the same form and on an equality with God (Phil. 2:6).
And this Being became flesh! The Word became a man and dwelt among us. He became human - as much a man as if He'd never been anything else, yet He did not cease to be what He had been. The Word made His home among us, and we beheld the glory of God (Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3).
Confession: Jesus came and dwelt in flesh so that I might be eternally reunited with the Father. Jesus became like me, so that I could become like Him. I will walk in the reality of what the Incarnation made possible for me. I am reunited with my Father!
Jesus IS the very REASON for the wonderful Christmas season! Worship Him! Here is Hillsong with "It's Christmas":Webster defines Incarnation as "The union of divinity with humanity in Jesus Christ."
Incarnation was the only solution to the human problem - the only hope for mankind to be reunited with God. Any religion that denies the Incarnation of Jesus of Nazareth is false!
This Eternal Being, called Emmanuel - God with us, or Jesus the Christ - is here called the Word. The Word existed in the beginning. The Word was with God - with God in fellowship, in purpose, working with Him. God made the worlds through the Word (Heb. 1:2; John 1:3).
And this Eternal Being was God! He possessed the same nature. He existed in the same form and on an equality with God (Phil. 2:6).
And this Being became flesh! The Word became a man and dwelt among us. He became human - as much a man as if He'd never been anything else, yet He did not cease to be what He had been. The Word made His home among us, and we beheld the glory of God (Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3).
Confession: Jesus came and dwelt in flesh so that I might be eternally reunited with the Father. Jesus became like me, so that I could become like Him. I will walk in the reality of what the Incarnation made possible for me. I am reunited with my Father!
Shalom in Him!
