The birth of Jesus is a story of paradox, where the incarnation demonstrates the humiliation of the greatest person in history. This is where Jesus “humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross (Philippians 2:8).”
The God from eternity past was born. In that moment Immanuel became an infant.
The Creator was crying.
The Savior was swaddled.
The Messiah was in a manger.
The Healer was helpless.
The Divine was dependent.
The God from eternity past was born. The Omnipotent One who spoke the universe into existence would not say His first word for another year. He would nurse from the breast of a woman He made. Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus our Emanuel.
Jesus was exactly what the world needed.
If the world needed a soldier, God would have sent a five-star general.
If the world needed a monarch, God would have sent a dynastic king.
If the world needed a fighter, God would have sent a heavyweight champion.
If the world needed a teacher, God would have sent a wise scholar.
But the world needed a Savior, so God sent Jesus.
If the world needed a mathematician, God would have sent Einstein.
If the world needed a thinker, God would have sent Plato.
If the world needed an inventor, God would have sent Edison.
If the world needed an artist, God would have sent Michealangelo.
But the world needed a Savior, so God sent Jesus.
This Christmas, if you have not received the greatest gift ever given, the gift of salvation from sin, call out to Jesus today, and He will save you.
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