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Bonhoeffer wrote, “In Jesus Christ, God’s own image has come into our midst in the form of our lost human life, in the likeness of sinful flesh. God’s own image becomes revealed in Jesus’ teachings and deeds, in his life and in his death. In him God has created anew the divine image on earth.” (Discipleship, 284).
- To Be Completely Dependent on Others
- To Strip Himself of His Authority
- To Be Declared Innocent
- To Become Like Us
- To Be The Light of The World
- To Bring Hope
In Luke 9, Jesus, when he was done teaching the disciples, sends them out two by two. He says, “When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of Godand to heal the sick. He told them: 'Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no ba...
Jesus chose to come to the earth and strip himself of all his heavenly power. Philippians 2says, “Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, h...
Jesus became a baby so he could be innocent of all sin. If he came to the towns and cities as an adult, everyone would have been curious about his past. When he started declaring he was the Son of God, many were able to come to him because he spent his time helping others by healing them, driving out demons, and preaching to the people. People who ...
2 Corinthians 5:21says, “God, made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” How could we trust a God for our salvation who doesn’t know what it is like to be like us? He sent his Son Jesus to become like us, feeling every emotion and battling every temptation, so he could become the atoning sacr...
With rising inflation, a rocky economy, and many out of work and unsure about their futures, we can all agree the world is a tumultuous place. Yet, Christ calls us as Christians to be lights in a dark world that through us they may see Christ. Philippians 2:14-15 says, “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless an...
Many of us know the classic Christmas carols, like "O Holy Night". The lyrics ring true when we think about the reason why Jesus came to earth as a baby: “long lay the world, in sin and error pining, 'til he appeared, and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices…” Jesus brings hope every day. But on December 25th, we cele...
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- to be king. Jesus came to earth as a baby in order to be the rightful heir to David’s throne. “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- to defeat the serpent. Jesus came to earth as a baby in order to be the “offspring of the woman.” “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
- to be under the law. Jesus came to earth as a baby in order to redeem those who were under the law. “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.”
- The first reason Jesus came is found in John 6:38-40. The passage says, For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- So, the first reason Jesus came was to do the Father’s will. The second reason He came is found in Matthew 5:17-18. This passage is part of the Sermon on the Mount.
- The third reason Jesus came was to give us truth. In John 18:37, Jesus clearly stated. Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?”
- The fourth reason Jesus came was to preach the gospel. Mark 1:37-38 tells us that Simon Peter and the other disciples were searching for Jesus.
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- To Subject the World to Humanity (Hebrews 2:5) Jesus was born to subject the world to come to us, not to the angels. That’s what Hebrews 2:5 says: “For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.”
- to Bring many sons to Glory by Tasting Death for Everyone (Hebrews 2:5–10) Jesus came to bring sons and daughters to glory by tasting death for everyone.
- To be made perfect by suffering, so that he could sanctify us (Hebrews 2:10c–11) Jesus was born to make humans holy and to sanctify us. It is fitting that God “should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
- To Adopt us into Jesus’s Family (Hebrews 2:12–13) Jesus was born to be our brother, and so bring us into the family of God. Jesus is our brother. God is our father.
Dec 23, 2018 · As one final remark, in all of this, what more can we say to the reality that this theology is shouted from the mountain tops in the imagery of the woman of Apocalypse, who travails to give birth to the Messiah, a clear image of the Old Testament People of God, the Bride of Jesus, who suffers in the ages we have traversed here to bring forth the God-Man into human history.
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This is the message of the New Testament God became a human in Jesus Christ. It is known as the “incarnation.”. Incarnation is from the Latin meaning “in flesh.”. Although it is not a biblical word, it presents a biblical truth. Jesus is the eternal God who became flesh and blood. God the Son became a man some two thousand years ago.
