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Follow Along with the Message

To be incarnate is to take on bodily form. No other religious tradition, besides Christianity, declares their god has become a human.

Shirley Guthrie wrote in her book Christian Doctrines, “Jesus’ miraculous birth is a sign of the fact that where he comes from, who he is, and what he does cannot be explained in terms of the ordinary process of human life and history. What he says and does is God’s word and God’s action.”

N.T. Wright wrote in his book, Matthew for Everyone, “The name ’Emmanuel, ’mentioned in Isaiah 7:14 and 8:8, was not given to anyone else, perhaps because it would say more about a child than anyone would normally dare.

The incarnation was God’s promise to be…

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Through the storms of life and downpours of defeat, we can rest in the promise that God will be and is always with us.

Tim Keller points out that Immanuel teaches us God is with us, which should help us see that God is with us when we suffer. Jesus entered the world during a period of great suffering and darkness.

Paul’s famous “Christ hymn,” given to us in Philippians 2, concisely summarizes the incarnation and its importance for us.