What Child Is This? He Is The Word Became Flesh

Well, a week ago, the Salvati family got into one of our vehicles and we went and got our Christmas tree.

We got it on the other side of 31 and on our way back, we hit Christmas Tree Lane.

Anybody been there yet?

Mm-hmm.

Well, we were driving along looking at the lights and you can't help but notice the different nativity scenes in front lawns

and plastic baby Jesuses all over the place.

And in two lawns in particular, we're going around the cul-de-sac and there are two signs, put Christ back in Christmas.

And it started me thinking, well, how do you get Christ out of Christmas?

And I started thinking and realizing that it's not that hard to do.

If you don't know who the baby is, and if you don't know why he came, Christ is going to leave Christmas.

And you make Christmas about something else.

Something else becomes the central focal point of Christmas.

Maybe it's Santa Claus.

Maybe it's giving and receiving gifts, which is fun.

But if it becomes the primary focus of Christmas, you're missing the point.

Maybe it's about time off, time away.

It's great at Christmastime.

But is that why Jesus came?

Maybe it's about family.

You think about Christmas and you think about family.

And sometimes it's like, yay, let's get together with our family.

Other times it's like, no way, I don't want to be with those people.

Sometimes it's Christmas, the central focus becomes about smells and sounds and tastes.

Sometimes the Christmas season, the primary focus becomes helping other people.

But if you see that as the primary focus of Christmas, you're missing the point.

But Jesus didn't come so that we could see some new releases at Christmastime.

So these things vie for our focus.

And they can occupy kind of the center focus of Christmas.

And we can't let that happen.

The central figure of Christmas is, of course, Jesus.

Christmas is about Jesus.

The incarnation of the second person of the Trinity.

And Christmas is about Jesus.

Jesus is about salvation.

Our salvation.

Christmas, therefore, is about salvation.

Our salvation.

How do we put Christ back into Christmas?

We refocus on who he is and why he came.

And that's what we're going to do this morning.

And that's what we're going to do for the next few Sundays together.

Our theme is, what child is this?

Who is this baby in the manger?

And this morning, we're going to be turning to the Gospel of John.

John chapter 1, verse 14.

John 1:14

David read the whole prologue, verses 1 through 18.

If you would turn in your Bibles with me to John chapter 1, verse 14.

John 1:14

I'll read that for you.

John is what's known as a gospel.

It's a story about Jesus.

And so if you're not familiar with the New Testament or the Bible,

you want to get to the New Testament,

just basically open up to the middle and go right.

You're looking for Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

I want to get to John chapter 1.

John 1 · chapter mention

Find that little 14.

And here's what it says.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

And we've seen His glory.

Glory as of the only Son from the Father.

Full of grace.

Full of grace and truth.

This morning, I want to answer the question,

what child is this, by looking at John 1.14.

And we're going to have five answers from John 1.14

of who this child is.

What child is this?

This child is the Word made flesh.

This child is fully God, fully man.

This child is fully present with us.

This child is full of glory.

This child is full of grace.

This child is your salvation.

That's what this child is.

What child is this?

First answer to the question.

This child is fully God.

Verse 14,

And the Word became flesh.

And the Word.

Now, if you're not familiar with the Gospel of John,

John actually starts talking about this Word character

earlier on in verses 1 through 5.

Would you look up there with me?

We read this.

In the beginning was the Word.

And the Word was with God.

And the Word was God.

He was in the beginning with God.

All things were made through Him.

And without Him was not anything made that was made.

In Him was life.

And the life was the light of men.

The light shines in the darkness.

And the darkness has not overcome it.

Who is this Word that John is talking about?

This Word who became flesh.

Well, He was in the beginning.

In the beginning was the Word.

And we read that in the beginning was the Word.

And the Word was with God.

Now, I'm guessing there's something going on you

that you know something kind of innately.

But I want to draw it out just to make sure you're seeing it explicitly.

When John says,

In the beginning was the Word.

And the Word was with God.

What he's saying is,

This Word who is a person.

Look at verse 2.

He was in the beginning.

This person, the Word,

was with God.

He was distinct from God,

but present with God in the beginning.

That's what John is saying.

In the beginning,

the Word was the Word,

and the Word was with God.

And as we read in verse 1,

we read,

And the Word was God.

So this Word is distinct from God,

present with God,

and God.

This Word of God is someone unique,

distinct from, present with, and fully God.

All of a sudden,

here we are talking about Christmas

and the incarnation of Jesus,

and we are in the deep end of the swimming pool

talking about the Trinity.

Because that's what John's getting at.

God's eternally existed as three persons.

Each person's fully God.

There's one God.

Did you notice how John reaches back

to the beginning?

In the beginning

was the Word.

And the Word was with God.

And the Word was God.

Why?

Why is he doing this?

Why is he reaching back

to the very beginning?

Matthew doesn't start

at the very beginning.

The Gospel of Luke

doesn't start at the very beginning.

They start at the beginning

of Jesus' life,

on earth.

John starts

way back

in the beginning.

I hope that when you hear

those words,

in the beginning,

you go to

Genesis 1.

Verse 1.

In the beginning,

God created

the heavens

and the earth.

So what John does

that the other Gospels

don't do,

he brings us

all the way back

to creation.

And he's saying,

in the beginning

was the Word.

This person

who is distinct from

but present with

and God,

he was at the beginning.

Do you remember

how God created

the heavens and the earth?

Do you remember

how God created

light out of darkness?

Do you remember

how God created life

out of a lifeless void?

Do you remember

how he did that?

He spoke it.

He spoke it.

In the beginning

was the Word.

When John talks about

in the beginning

was the Word,

he's referring

to a person,

the second person

of the Trinity,

the eternal Son,

who was the agent

of creation.

We read that

in Colossians 1.16.

We also read about that

in Hebrews 1.2.

If you look at

Proverbs 8,

he goes by

the title

Wisdom.

He is the Creator.

And so John

brings us

all the way back

to the beginning

and he's helping us

understand

the Word

who became flesh.

this child

in the manger,

do you know

who he is?

He's your Creator.

He is

fully God.

Verse 3 of chapter 1,

all things were made

through him,

him being the Word.

And without him

was not anything made

that was made.

Everything came

from him.

He's the Creator

of all.

Therefore,

he's your Creator.

So John brings us

all the way back

to the beginning

of creation

and helping us

understand

who this child

is,

this Word

who has become

flesh.

So the child

is the Word

of God,

the Creator,

the one and only

Son,

verse 14,

the second person

of the Trinity,

the one who created

all things,

the one who created

you.

What child is this?

This child is

fully God.

That's answer

number one.

You see,

Christmas is about

the incarnation

of Jesus,

and the incarnation

of Jesus,

it's about

your salvation.

Answer number two,

not only is this

child fully God,

this child is

fully human.

what we're talking

about is the

incarnation of the

second person

of the Trinity,

the incarnation

of Jesus.

And so when you

hear the word

incarnation,

be thinking

infleshing,

the infleshing

of the second

person of the

Trinity.

The Word

became flesh.

God has always

existed as

a triune God.

That's the way

He's always been.

And the second

person of the

Trinity has always

existed as the

Son.

The Father,

the Son,

and the Holy

Spirit,

they've eternally

existed in a

triune communion

forever.

In Luke 135,

we read about

how Jesus,

the second

person of the

Trinity,

was enfleshed.

God the

Father overshadowed

the Virgin Mary

and by the

Holy Spirit,

she conceived

this baby

who's named

Jesus,

the second

person of the

Trinity,

enfleshed

into a

human being.

So here's

what John is

getting at.

The Word

became flesh.

The uncreated

Creator took

on flesh.

He became

a human

being.

God became

man.

Paul in

Philippians 2,

6,

and 7

addresses it

this way,

the enfleshing

of the second

person of the

Trinity,

who,

though he was

in the form

of God,

did not count

equality with

God a thing

to be grasped,

but made

himself nothing,

taking on the

form of a

servant,

being born in

the likeness of

man,

taking on

flesh.

God became

man.

This week,

as I was

studying,

I came across

this quote,

and I thought

it was very

helpful.

Kind of

explaining the

incarnation and

how the second

person of the

Trinity remained

fully God when

he became fully

man.

It says this,

remaining what

he was,

he became what

he was not.

Remaining what

he was,

he became what

he was not.

Remaining what

he was,

the Word,

fully God,

John 1,

1 through 3,

he became what

he was not,

fully man.

The Word became

flesh.

So,

here's what this

means about the

person of Jesus

for us.

The person of

Jesus has two

distinct natures.

He's fully God

and he's fully

man.

And,

when we talk

about Jesus

being fully

man,

it's possible

to think that

because he was

fully man,

somehow he ceased

to be fully

God.

That's just not

true.

The 33 years

Jesus lived on

this planet,

he was fully

God.

He did not

cease to be,

in essence,

God at any

point in his

life.

In fact,

to this day,

he remains fully

God and fully

man at the

right hand of

the Father.

God.

So,

we can't make

the mistake

that,

thinking that

when Jesus

became a man,

somehow he

became less

God.

No,

he's fully

God.

And the other

side of it is

this.

If we understand

Jesus to be

fully God,

we can start

thinking,

well,

somehow he was

less man.

He wasn't

fully man if

he was fully

God.

Somehow he's

less human.

human.

He was fully

human in

every way.

But you

might be

thinking,

maybe you're

familiar with

the teachings

of Christianity

and you start

thinking,

well,

I know that

what the

Bible teaches

is that Jesus

never sinned

and,

you know,

to err is

human,

to sin is

human,

and so,

obviously,

he's not

fully human

if he never

sinned.

Well,

that assumes

something.

But let me

just remind

you,

of this,

sin is

not always,

it's not

always been

essential to

our humanity.

Sin has

become a

part of our

human experience.

It has

become part

of our

nature

because of

the fall.

Paul talks

about it in

Romans 5.

We've inherited

the sinful

nature from

Adam.

But it

wasn't always

the case.

When God

created Adam

and Eve,

he created

a man and

woman in

his likeness

without sin.

And so,

they had

sinless

communion with

God and

each other

in the

garden.

It's

possible to

be human

without sinning.

And then,

there's going to

come a day

when all of

us who put

our faith in

Jesus,

when we are,

when our

faith becomes

sight.

And we're in

the presence

of Jesus

himself.

And our

indwelling

sin is

removed from

us.

We are going

to experience

sinless

communion with

God and

each other

and even

ourselves.

And we're

going to be

fully human.

And so,

to think

that sin

is necessarily

essential to

our human

experience,

forget some

things.

So,

when Jesus

was born

and became

fully human,

even though

he was without

sin,

he was fully

human.

Actually,

I just want

to be honest

with you,

he became

fully human

because of

our sinfulness.

It was

because that

we were

sinning and

sinning against

God that

the second

person of

the Trinity

took on

flesh and

dwelt among

us.

This

indwelling

of the

second person

of the

Trinity as

a man

was part

of God's

plan of

salvation from

the beginning

of time,

from before

the foundation

of the world.

God had

set this

rescue mission

in motion.

Galatians 4,

4-5,

we read this,

but when the

fullness of

time came,

when it was

right according

to plan,

God sent

forth His

Son,

born of a

woman,

born under

the law,

to redeem

those under

the law,

so that we

might receive

adoption as

sons.

Jesus came

in order to

save.

It's in His

name to

save a

people from

their sins.

So when we

read that

phrase,

the Word

became flesh,

and we think

about the

second person

of the Trinity

becoming a

man, it's

amazing in

itself that

God would

do that,

right?

What other

God has

done that?

But He

didn't do it

just to do

it.

He became a

man in order

to save.

To save you.

To save me.

To offer

salvation to our

city, and to

our nation, and

to our world.

So one of the

things that this

means is this.

This Christmas,

Christmas is

bigger than a

shopping season.

It's bigger than

a shopping season.

This is about

God becoming a

man in order to

save sinners.

That's what it's

about.

The Savior of the

world, He came

in order to

broker peace.

He's the perfect

mediator between

God and man.

He's fully God

and fully man.

And in order to

reconcile us

sinners to a

holy God, He

became a man.

Remaining what

He was, He

became what He

was not.

In order to

offer us

salvation.

All part of

God's plan.

Christmas is

about the

incarnation of

Jesus and the

incarnation of

Jesus is all

about your

salvation.

The third

answer to the

question.

We've looked at

this child's fully

God.

He's fully human.

This child is

God fully

present with His

people.

The word became

flesh and

dwelt among us.

That word dwelt

is a really

interesting word in

the original language

of the New Testament.

It literally means

to pitch a tent.

Like, you know,

you go camping,

you strike up your

tent, pitch a tent,

to dwell among,

to tabernacle.

That's what that

word dwell means.

And John is being

very intentional.

He's wanting to

bring something to

our minds when he

says the word became

flesh and pitched his

tent among us.

You know, there's

one way you can

summarize the entire

Bible.

And you can

summarize the entire

Bible by saying it

like this.

The Bible is the

story about God

dwelling with a

people.

It's about a holy

God dwelling with a

sinful people and

of what God had to

do in order to

provide grace upon

grace so that a

sinful people can be

in His presence.

So the Bible is a

story of God

dwelling with His

people.

You see it in Adam

and Eve in the

garden.

Adam and Eve were

in God's presence

in His place.

The garden.

They sinned.

They got expelled.

Israel was

delivered out of

the captivity to

Egypt.

Do you remember

how they were

led out by a

pillar of cloud

by day and a

pillar of fire

by night?

It was God in

their midst.

God dwelling with

His people to

deliver them.

to lead them.

It doesn't end

there.

At Mount Sinai,

God gives His

people, Israel,

the law.

He gives His

people a

sacrificial system

in order that

they can be in

relationship with

Him, a holy

God.

It governed their

relationship with

Him.

And in Exodus

25, we read that

God gave His people

some very specific

instructions about

building Him a

very fancy tent.

It's called

a tabernacle.

They were to

pitch that tent

wherever they

would go.

And it was made

out of wood.

It was made out

of fabric.

It was made out

of animal hines.

And in Exodus

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chapter 33, we

read about God

in a cloud of

His glory coming

down and dwelling

at the entrance

of this tent

of meeting,

the tabernacle,

and Him talking

with Moses face

to face as with

a friend.

God dwelling

with His people.

It's just the next

chapter that we

read about God's

kind of self-

revelation of who

He is.

He says this

about Himself

to Moses.

The Lord passed

before Moses and

proclaimed,

The Lord,

the Lord,

a God merciful

and gracious,

slow to anger,

and abounding in

steadfast love and

faithfulness.

Do you know

there's another way

you can talk about

steadfast love and

faithfulness?

It's a God who's

abounding in grace

and truth.

God has always

sought to dwell

with His people.

In 1 Kings 8,

there's a new way

in which God

dwells with His

people.

Solomon,

David's son,

builds a temple

in Jerusalem.

And what we read

about in 1 Kings 8

is the priests

bring up out

of the tabernacle

the Ark of the

Covenant,

which is believed

to be God

dwelling on the

top of the

mercy seat of

that Ark of the

Covenant.

And these priests

brought out the

Ark of the Covenant

from the Holy of

Holies in the

tabernacle,

and they brought it

out, and they

brought it into

this newly

constructed temple

made out of

just stone and

beautiful woodwork

and gold all over

the place.

And they brought it

in from the Holy

Place into the

Holy of Holies,

and they set it

between these

gigantic angels

with outstretched

wings called

cherubim,

and they set

the Ark down,

and do you know

what happened?

The cloud of the

glory of God

filled the temple.

God came and

dwelt among His

people in His

place in the

temple in Jerusalem.

The story of the

Bible is about God

dwelling with His

people.

And then it gets

tragic.

in Ezekiel.

Ezekiel has this

vision of the

temple in chapters

10 and 11.

There's abominations

taking place.

God's people are

going AWOL with

their God.

And you know

what Ezekiel sees?

He sees the glory

of the Lord,

this cloud,

gradually removing

Himself from the

Holy of Holies,

gradually removing

Himself from the

Holy place,

gradually removing

Himself from the

temple itself,

from dwelling with

God's people.

The story of the

Bible is about God

dwelling with His

people.

By the close of the

Old Testament, we're

asking the question,

is God talking

anymore?

Is God with His

people anymore?

400 years of

silence.

And then,

Luke chapters 1 and

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2, Matthew chapter

Matthew 1 · chapter mention

1, John 1, 14.

God comes and dwells

with His people in a

new way.

God pitches His tent

with His people in a

new way.

Jesus, the second

person of the

Trinity, pitches His

tent to dwell with

His people.

And the tent that's

been pitched is not

made out of fabric,

it's not made out of

animal hides, it's not

made out of massive

blocks of stone.

The tent that was

pitched is the tent

of human flesh.

God dwelt among His

people by becoming

one of us.

The incarnation is

about God dwelling

among us.

Christmas is about

Jesus, and Jesus is

about our salvation.

He pitched His tent

among us to save us.

What child is this?

Well, He's the second

person of the Trinity,

fully God.

He's fully man.

And He came and

dwelt fully among us.

Jesus, after His death

and resurrection,

ascended to heaven

where He's right now

at the right hand of

the Father.

Fully God, fully man.

And right now, do you

know what?

Know what the Bible

talks about?

As the dwelling place

of God?

We are the dwelling

place of God.

The new temple is

God's people.

We are the dwelling

place of God by the

Holy Spirit.

And there's going to

come a day when Jesus

comes back and it's

going to, His, the

final dwelling place of

God with man is the

new Jerusalem in which

we will be seeing our

King face to face.

He's going to light up

the joint.

It's just going to get

better.

The story of the Bible

is a story of God

pitching His tent among

His people.

God dwelling fully with

us.

Answer number four, this

child is full of glory.

John 1.14, we read,

and the word became

flesh and dwelt among

us.

He pitched His tent.

And we have seen His

glory.

Glory as of the only

Son from the Father.

So the storyline of the

Bible is God dwelling

with His people and the

glory of God shows up

time and again.

They're called

theophanies.

Appearances of God.

The cloud of God's

glory leading Israel out

of Egypt.

Theophany.

Theophany.

The cloud descending.

The tabernacle in

Exodus 33.

Theophany.

The filling of the

temple in 1 Kings 8.

Theophany.

I don't know what

Ezekiel 10 and 11 is.

It's kind of a theophany,

but it's kind of a

backwards theophany.

God departing.

Theophanies are

appearances of God's

glory in what John 1.14

is saying is this.

That when the second

person of the Trinity

became a man, it was

the ultimate theophany

of God.

The ultimate showing up

of God Most High.

The ultimate theophany.

John 1.14 talks about

a glory as the only

Son of the Father.

That word only is a

very special word

throughout your Bible.

Some of the earlier

versions talk about the

only begotten Son.

It's talking about the

one and only, the

unique Son of God.

And when John uses it,

it's only of Jesus.

So we see it showing up

in 1.14.

The only Son.

You see that word

showing up in 1.18.

The only God

referencing Jesus.

It shows up in

John 3.16.

For God so loved the

world that He sent

His one and only

unique Son.

That whoever believes

in Him shall not perish

but have eternal life.

There is a unique glory

on display in the

person of Jesus.

Here's how it works.

God.

Instead of beholding God

in the written word

of revelation,

what Jesus did was

reveal God

in a living word

of revelation.

In His person,

in His life,

in His work.

It's a whole new medium.

He pitched His tent.

He walked among us

to John 1.18.

Make known God.

To literally

exegete the Father.

Big word.

It means to

make known.

The author of Hebrews

talks about Jesus

as the radiance

of the glory

of God.

And the exact imprint

of His nature.

You know,

there's this guy,

Philip.

He was a follower

of Jesus.

And in John 14,

he makes this request.

Lord, show us the Father.

And what does Jesus say?

He says,

Have I been with you

so long

and you still

do not know me,

Philip?

And then you know

what he says?

Whoever has seen me

has seen the Father.

Look at John 1.18.

No one has ever

seen God the Father.

The only God,

the Son,

who is at the Father's side,

distinct from,

but present with.

He has made Him known.

You want to get to know God?

You want to see Him?

You look to Jesus.

You look to Jesus.

You look to Jesus.

All throughout John,

we read about these

manifestations of glory.

When Jesus

performed the miracle

in John 2

of changing the water

into wine,

2.11,

John says

that that was

a manifestation of glory.

Showing glory.

glory.

In John chapter 11,

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Jesus hears about

Lazarus' death

and you know what He says?

You know what?

Don't freak out.

This is going to be

for showing the glory

of God.

And right before

He calls Lazarus out

in 11.40,

He tells Martha,

hey,

this is for the glory

of God

so that you would believe.

Lazarus,

come forth!

Come forth!

And He came forth.

You know,

glory is on display

all throughout

the Gospel of John.

And so we see it

in Cana,

water to wine.

We see it in Bethany.

Jesus raises Lazarus

from the dead.

But you know what?

Those displays of glory,

they pale

in comparison

to the ultimate

display of glory

by Jesus

on the cross.

That's where we're moving

in John.

The cross

is the ultimate display

of God's glory.

The incarnation

of Jesus

is absolutely

linked

to the crucifixion

of Jesus.

He became flesh

in order to die

in your place

on the cross.

The death

on the cross

displays

God's glory

by demonstrating

God's love

and His justice

simultaneously.

In the death

of Jesus

on the cross,

Jesus

fully satisfied

God's

holy wrath

for our sin

justice.

And simultaneously,

He reconciles

us to the Father

as sons

and daughters.

Love!

He is full

of grace

and truth.

Full of grace

and truth.

The salvation

Jesus accomplished

on the cross

puts God's glory

on display

in a way

that turning water

into wine

doesn't.

In a way

that raising

someone from the dead

doesn't.

Jesus

took care

of God's wrath

for our sin

and takes us

as His own.

The incarnation

is necessary.

It's necessary

to God's plan

of salvation.

It's absolutely

vital.

It moves us

to the cross

of Jesus Christ.

Christmas

is about

the incarnation

of Jesus

and the incarnation

of Jesus

is all about

salvation

and salvation

is all about

the cross.

The fifth

and final answer

to the question

what child

is this

is that

this child

is full

of grace.

full of grace

for you.

In John 1.14

and the word

became flesh

and dwelt among us

and we've seen

His glory

glory as of

the only Son

from the Father

full of grace

and truth.

16

and from His fullness

we've all received

grace upon grace.

17

for the law

was given

through Moses

grace and truth

came through

Jesus Christ.

Grace upon grace

grace

in the place

of grace.

The revelation

through Moses

is superseded

by the revelation

that came through

Jesus.

It's a greater grace.

God's grace

is His unearned

kindness

His unmerited

favor

it's His

unobligated

generosity

to people

who are sinning

against Him.

And it's

transformative.

Jesus didn't

come in the flesh

and hang on the cross

because He had to

because He was

obligated.

He did so

voluntarily

out of love

for you.

The salvation

He offers

is a salvation

He paid for

in full

at the cross.

It's all

by grace.

It's different

than any other

religion on the planet.

He doesn't expect

for you to

work for it.

You can't.

His grace

is a grace

that's received.

He offers

fullness

of life

to know Him

to live for Him

and to live

for Him

forever.

He offers

forgiveness.

He offers

peace

and joy

love for others.

this is salvation

that He offers

at the cross.

It's not a gift

for you to pay for.

Could you imagine

you open up a gift

on Christmas Day

and when you open it up

it's your favorite thing

and you pull it out

and underneath it

there's a bill

for you to pay for it?

Could you imagine that?

He'd be like

this is not a gift.

I'm paying for it.

Could you imagine

Jesus offering you salvation

and you pull out

your checkbook

and you're like

what do I owe you?

It's not a gift

at that point.

God offers you salvation

in Jesus freely.

It's been paid for

in full

by Jesus Himself

at the cross.

and you receive it

by faith.

There are two ways

to respond

to this gracious

gift of salvation

that Jesus offers you.

You can reject it

or you can receive it.

You see that working out

in verses 11 and 12.

He came to His own

and His own people

did not receive Him.

They rejected Him.

Verse 12

But all who did receive Him

who believed in His name

He gave the right

to become children of God.

You're either going to

reject Him

or you're going to

receive Him.

And if you haven't

received Him

you're rejecting Him.

So the question is

how do you receive Him?

You receive Him

by faith.

By believing

in His name.

So here you are

this morning

in this building.

December 4th

talking about Jesus

the incarnation.

Have you received Him?

Have you received

the greatest gift

ever given?

The gift of salvation

that's in Christ alone.

Christmas is all about Jesus

and Jesus is all about salvation.

What child is this?

He's fully God.

He's fully man.

He's fully present with us.

He's full of glory

and He is full of grace.

Let's put Christ

back into Christmas.

Let's put Christmas

back into God's plan

of salvation.

That's what gives it

its full meaning.

What child is this?

He is your salvation.

Let's pray.

Oh God in heaven

thank you so much

for John chapter 1.

John 1 · chapter mention

Father thank you so much

for sending the Son Jesus

as the perfect mediator

between God and man.

The greatest gift

ever given.

I pray that we

as your people

God would live

in full view

of the significance

of Christmas.

It's about Jesus

and Jesus

is about salvation.

God would you

bless

the remainder

of this day

for the glory

of your name.

Amen.