Christmas Eve at MCC
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Who is Jesus?
John 1:14
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.
The word became flesh (sarx)
The word became flesh: The creator entered my family line, so I could enter his.
Dwelt – skénoó = To dwell, to tabernacle, to pitch a tent
Kavod
DIRTY GLORY
Glory got dirty, so I might become clean.
Incarnation
John 1:14
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.
Truth without grace = Fundamentalism – “I’m good because I obey”
Grace without truth = Sentimentality – “If I feel good I am good”
Emmanuel – God with us.
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Co-suffer
The word became flesh: Life came to die, so I could come alive.
John 1:9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.