Immanuel

Beloved of the Lord, God is at the center of his universe, it will never be about us, because we have been born into a broken sin curse world. Christmas is the celebration of God becoming a man. The Bible is very clear about this.

John 1; In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. 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.

Philippians 2:5-8 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Hebrews 2:14: Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

Beloved God with us, Mat_1:23; Isa_7:14, because Jesus was God united with man, and showed that God was dwelling with men. This is what theologians call the hypostatic Union, two natures (divine and human) in one person (Jesus Christ) unmixed forever. Listen Jesus became no less God when He became human. Mary did not give birth to both God and a man. Jesus was not 50% percent human and 50 percent God, no, no, Mary gave birth to the God-man ---God with us, Immanuel. In Colossians 1:19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.

The fullness is the pleroma. In Philippians, it was the kenosis. That is, it emphasized that Christ emptied Himself and became a servant; He emptied Himself of the glory that He had with the Father. He didn't empty Himself of His deity—He was God when He came to this earth. The pleroma, the full fullness of God, dwells in Him.

When He was down here on this earth, the pleroma( the Godhead which dwells in Christ) was at home in Jesus. He was 100 percent God—not 99.44 percent, but 100 percent. That little baby that was lying on the bosom of Mary over nineteen hundred years ago seemed so helpless, but He could have spoken this universe out of existence. He is Man of very man; He is God of very God. That is who He is... Immanuel.

Listen the Bible often equates Jesus with God, reinforcing this relationship. Genesis 1:1 tells us that God created the World, and Colossians 1:16 tells us that all things were created by Christ Jesus. The God of Genesis 1:1 is also the God of Colossians 1:16. Jesus Christ is distinct from God the Father in His person, yet equal with the Father in His deity. God the Son took on human flesh, being born as a baby in a world of darkness. He came for the purpose of making the invisible God visible to us in history. Jesus’ birth was like no other because He is like no other. Jesus, the Son of God came to earth so that we may know God and experience Him more fully. That was His birth. It was truly like no other, why, because Jesus is like no other.

Jesus reveals to us the heart and mind and nature of God. It is through Jesus that we get to know God. It is through Jesus that we come to discover the depth of His power. It is through Jesus that we understand the fullness of His love. Listen without Jesus we would never have gained entrance into the presence of God.

Jesus is called the Alpha and the Omega, he is called the King, he is called the Lamb of God, He is called the Lamb of God, He is called the Great High Priest, and Sovereign.

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