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It explains what really took place that first Christmas night. It tells us that someone, who existed before he was born, came into our human flesh—God’s eternal Son. Incarnation! Remember that word when you and your children sing: “Christ, the Savior, is born!” Understand as deeply as you can: that
“And the Word was made flesh.” John 1: 14a Incarnation! What a miracle, and what a mystery! It means: coming into or being clothed with flesh. We might, of course, also speak of the birth of Christ. However, that is not enough. The mere word “birth” does not express what really happened in that wo
received up into glory. The church teaches the truth and hears that teaching of the truth of Christ's incarnation, not just on Christmas Day, but it is proper that we hear and know that truth continually, for it is a wonderful truth that Jesus is the incarnate Son of God. So we consider tonight
And Paul says that great humility that Christ exercised in becoming a man ought to be the same humility that characterizes us as we live before the face of God and as we interact with one another in the church. That's what we look at this morning. We take as our theme this morning the incarnati
The Incarnation makes the eternal Son of God our brother. The Incarnation brings the Eternal Son of God into this intimate relationship with you and me and all of God's elect people. The Incarnation makes Him our brother because at the Incarnation God the Son willingly takes our human nature up
That Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ was a wonderful birth. Secondly, a central birth. And finally, a blessed birth. We speak of a wonder of grace this morning. The conception and birth of our Lord Jesus Christ is the revelation of the living God as the God of our salvation. That you may ce
We discovered that the meaning was “embodied in the flesh” or “existence in bodily form.” Some of my students were surprised when it was pointed out that the incarnation is the central idea of Christmas. Christ made flesh; Christ dwelling among us. Christ the Promised One now becoming Christ the m
that God's eternal Son, who is and continueth true and eternal God, took upon him the very nature of man, of the flesh and blood of the Virgin Mary, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, that he might also be the true seed of David, like unto his brethren in all things, sin accepted. What profit
In "The Incarnation," Rev. Arend Haveman explores the significance of Jesus Christ's incarnation as described in Hebrews 2 and the Heidelberg Catechism. He emphasizes that the incarnation is a profound mystery where the eternal Son of God took on human flesh, becoming fully man while remaining fully
The point which I wish to make and emphasize is that reflection on the incarnation ought to result in our being deeply touched, spiritually touched, by this historical fact. The consideration of the incarnation should move us deeply because it reminds us of some very important things. The incarnatio