Sunday, September 14, 2014

Two Minutes With The Bible ~ The Incarnation of Christ

The Incarnation of Christ 

by Pastor Paul M. Sadler

Historically, it is a well-established fact that Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem in the days of Herod the King. Matthew and Luke record our Lord’s arrival with remarkable simplicity that even a child can understand. But it is the Apostle to the Gentiles who explains the significance of the incarnation of Christ.

According to Paul

When Christ left heaven’s glory, He as God, emptied Himself of the outward manifestation of His attributes. It was essential that the Lord veil the glory of His deity so sinful humanity could exist in His presence.
—Philippians 2:6,7
Christ’s entrance into the world was through natural means like any other birth. He was born of the woman that He might accomplish the great work of redemption.
—Galatians 4:4,5
Our Lord humbled Himself by stepping into a sinless human form so that He might experience all the trials and temptations we encounter. Therefore, He took upon Himself the form of a servant that He might minister to others.
—Philippians 2:7,8
Into this pure, sinless vessel was poured our sins and iniquities. As a result, He was made sin for us so that His righteousness might be imputed to us.
—II Corinthians 5:21
The Manger and the Cross stand at the opposite ends of our Lord’s earthly life, but they are uniquely connected by a special revelation given to Paul that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” It has been said, “Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, if He’s not born in you, your soul is still forlorn.”

Although tradition often overshadows the truth, may God, in His infinite grace, use us as instruments to show a lost and dying world the Way, which is Christ Jesus.


To the Reader:
Some of our Two Minutes articles were written many years ago by Pastor C. R. Stam for publication in newspapers. When many of these articles were later compiled in book form, Pastor Stam wrote this word of explanation in the Preface:
"It should be borne in mind that the newspaper column, Two Minutes With the Bible, has now been published for many years, so that local, national and international events are discussed as if they occurred only recently. Rather than rewrite or date such articles, we have left them just as they were when first published. This, we felt, would add to the interest, especially since our readers understand that they first appeared as newspaper articles."
To this we would add that the same is true for the articles written by others that we continue to add, on a regular basis, to the Two Minutes library. We hope that you'll agree that while some of the references in these articles are dated, the spiritual truths taught therein are timeless.

6 comments:

  1. What a beautiful post. The words and thoughts I receive when reading these verses makes me feel humble. Thank you, Lord Jesus.
    I hope you have a good day. Thank you for the nice comment you left me yesterday. I'm glad you're feeling better.
    Take care, my friend.

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  2. @Carol B. ~ I'm grateful that my humble attempts to praise Him have helped others too.
    Thank YOU for the kind comments and prayers. Hope y'all are having a blessed day. ~:)

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  3. Oh what a beautiful thought for my day. I so get comforted knowing that God left His glory to come to earth to identify with every thought, every temptation, every feeling that I have felt. Even though he didn't have to, He become like us so that we could become like Him. That will never be attained this side of heaven but maybe just maybe I can be His hands and feet to a world that needs Him. Thanks Sparky for sharing this.

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  4. Loved reading this and the Scriptures attached. It always amazes me when I think He was born and died for me....me a sinner, but praise His name, saved by His grace.
    So glad you are back...I have missed you a bunch my friend. Hope you are rested and relaxed.

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  5. Great post, Sparky..thanks for the smiles. Blessings

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  6. These are such wonderful posts...you say "archives" on the page we get when we click on your name at our blogs and I thought by "archives" you'd stopped blogging!

    By the way, I could NEVER have figured out WordPress (I moved from Blogger) without Mustang, but it's pretty fine once you get it. I miss Blogger but couldn't stand the liberals using my blog as their forum anymore :-(

    God bless you, Sparky!

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