Day 9 - thoughts from the ChurchApp team
And the Word became flesh...
Josh
John 1:1-3, 14 (ESV) - 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made....14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
I love this passage. This fragile baby, born into poverty, stigma and refugeeism, was not just a religious leader, moral teacher or figurehead for an annual festival, but God Incarnate. He was intimately involved in creation and his coming to earth was part of the ultimate rescue plan to reconcile God and man. Christmas is not the start, but simply act two of God's story of grace. This baby lying in the manger is not just a centrepiece of a festive display, but the medicine for a sickness that has plagued mankind since the fall. Let us pray that this year people stop seeing ‘little baby Jesus’ and start seeing ‘the Word made Flesh’.
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