Day 24: Read John 1:14
Christ Comes to the World
The Word became a human and lived among us. We saw his glory - the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father - and he was full of grace and truth. John 1:14
John 1:14 summarizes the Christmas story. The Word, that is the Word of God, took the shape of a human and made a life among the humans. The Word that became human is Jesus. His disciples saw His glory and they knew that the glory could only belong to the only Son of the Father. The disciples share that Jesus was full of grace and truth.
Think about this for a moment. God became man, He became flesh and blood, He became mortal. Jesus gave up every divine right He had to the heavenly throne and became human. The Holy Trinity was well aware of the consequences of being human, the sacrifices Jesus would have to make, and the ultimate end result. Just because Jesus would ultimately rise again and return to His throne in heaven doesn't mean that His life and death on earth weren't painful. If He didn't understand pain before, His 33 years on earth would have taught Him that pain hurt and should be avoided, but He still made the decision to be beat, mocked, and crucified anyways. This wasn't a decision He made lightly. How could He? He didn't just know that pain was likely, but he also knew it was inevitable. How many of us can say the same? He knew pain and death were a certainty, but He made the decision to go forward anyways.
It is important to understand that Jesus gave up all His divinity to live as a human that one day we would be able to live a divine life with Him. He was God and yet He became man, He lived among us, and He suffered for us. Yet even in hardship, He was full of grace and truth. Jesus didn't allow His circumstances to subtract from His glorious nature. How many of us can say the same? Jesus is our example of ultimate love and it is through Him that we are able to learn our way to God. The Scriptures had stated so much, but it is really through the life of Jesus that we see how God wants us to live.
It is important to understand that Jesus gave up all His divinity to live as a human that one day we would be able to live a divine life with Him. He was God and yet He became man, He lived among us, and He suffered for us. Yet even in hardship, He was full of grace and truth. Jesus didn't allow His circumstances to subtract from His glorious nature. How many of us can say the same? Jesus is our example of ultimate love and it is through Him that we are able to learn our way to God. The Scriptures had stated so much, but it is really through the life of Jesus that we see how God wants us to live.
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