The Profound Mystery of the Incarnation at Christmas
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"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." [00:00:14] (28 seconds)
"And then verse 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 full of truth. Father, this morning we gather together as we are entering into this time where we focus on the Incarnation." [00:00:42] (27 seconds)
"Christians celebrate Christmas Day as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, a spiritual leader whose teachings form the basis of their religion. Now, that statement is either written by someone who is intentionally trying to misrepresent what it is. What it is that Christians celebrate on Christmas Day, or someone who was just ignorant of it, or it just tells us that the church is doing a horrible job of actually teaching what it is we celebrate on Christmas Day." [00:04:35] (34 seconds)
"Because at the heart of the Christmas story is who is Jesus and what has Jesus done. That's the essence of what makes Christmas, Christmas. So, if you'll look with me in Philippians chapter 2, we're skipping ahead a few verses because we want to look at this hymn that begins in verse 5." [00:06:57] (24 seconds)
"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 therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God our Father." [00:07:21] (48 seconds)
"The early church within decades of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, when they gathered for worship and they sang a hymn or they recited a hymn to Christ, I want you to see where that hymn starts, what it is in essence that they're saying about this Jesus that they're speaking to." [00:14:29] (26 seconds)
"The mystery of Christmas is that there is a God who stepped into creation. That is incredible. I like how C. S. Lewis put it. You need your C. S. Lewis quote for the day. He says, the story of Christmas is simply a true myth, true myth, a myth working on us in the same way. The story is the others, but with the tremendous difference that it really happened." [00:27:10] (35 seconds)
"The doctrines that we get out of the true myth are, of course, less true. They are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in a language that is more adequate, namely, the actual incarnation crucifixion and resurrection right the the doctrines the things that we say he's light of light true god of true god you know the ways that we try to put this in our words all of those are insufficient to the ways that god has already expressed that just in the incarnation itself the word became flesh and dwelt among us although he was in the form of god he did not card regard equality with god something to be exploited but emptied himself took on the form of a servant." [00:28:08] (55 seconds)
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"And then verse 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 full of truth. Father, this morning we gather together as we are entering into this time where we focus on the Incarnation." [00:00:42] (27 seconds)
"Christians celebrate Christmas Day as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, a spiritual leader whose teachings form the basis of their religion. Now, that statement is either written by someone who is intentionally trying to misrepresent what it is. What it is that Christians celebrate on Christmas Day, or someone who was just ignorant of it, or it just tells us that the church is doing a horrible job of actually teaching what it is we celebrate on Christmas Day." [00:04:35] (34 seconds)
"Because at the heart of the Christmas story is who is Jesus and what has Jesus done. That's the essence of what makes Christmas, Christmas. So, if you'll look with me in Philippians chapter 2, we're skipping ahead a few verses because we want to look at this hymn that begins in verse 5." [00:06:57] (24 seconds)
"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 therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God our Father." [00:07:21] (48 seconds)
"The early church within decades of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, when they gathered for worship and they sang a hymn or they recited a hymn to Christ, I want you to see where that hymn starts, what it is in essence that they're saying about this Jesus that they're speaking to." [00:14:29] (26 seconds)
"The mystery of Christmas is that there is a God who stepped into creation. That is incredible. I like how C. S. Lewis put it. You need your C. S. Lewis quote for the day. He says, the story of Christmas is simply a true myth, true myth, a myth working on us in the same way. The story is the others, but with the tremendous difference that it really happened." [00:27:10] (35 seconds)
"The doctrines that we get out of the true myth are, of course, less true. They are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in a language that is more adequate, namely, the actual incarnation crucifixion and resurrection right the the doctrines the things that we say he's light of light true god of true god you know the ways that we try to put this in our words all of those are insufficient to the ways that god has already expressed that just in the incarnation itself the word became flesh and dwelt among us although he was in the form of god he did not card regard equality with god something to be exploited but emptied himself took on the form of a servant." [00:28:08] (55 seconds)
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