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The Incarnation of Christ

John 1

Faith Family,

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I continue to give thanks to our gracious God for allowing me the privilege of serving as your Senior Pastor. Your faithfulness and your enthusiasm fill my heart with joy and help complete my hope in Christ. Every day I look forward to serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ alongside each of you and growing in our discipleship journey together. I pray as God has continued blessings us, may we continue to be a blessing to others.

I would like to continue our Catechism conversation. This week’s question is “Why did the Son of God become Human?” The simple answer of course is for us and our salvation. However, the answer is a little more in-depth than just a quick sentence. As we look at this question, we will answer questions 10, 11 & 12. (How did the son of God become human? And, who is Jesus Christ?) 

The story begins in Genesis 3. As Adam and Eve were living their best lives, the Serpent confused, lied to and caused Adam and Eve to focus on themselves and not on God and His promises. God provided an abundance of resources for Adam and Eve, however the one thing they were forbiddento touch, was the one thing the Serpent convinced Adam and Eve to do. It was about their desire to be like God, not an image of God, but God, himself. 

It was this act of disobedience and distrust that brokenness came into the picture. However, from that point God started His plan to reconcile the brokenness and reestablish the relationship that begun at creation.

Throughout the Old Testament, God set up a community of men and women who were to be His representatives. He provided instruction, and laws that would create a faithful and obedient people. God even established rituals that would help the people restore their relationship when sin entered in. 

Unfortunately, people are people, and the longer they lived, the more they focused on their wants, their desires and their futures -- at times ignoring God.  God knew that He would have to make the ultimate sacrifice out of love for His creation. This is where Jesus the Christ comes into the picture.

We are told in the story of Christ’s birth that His birth would bring the presence of God with the people. Christ, himself, would be God walking with His very creation. However, a person who was simply human would have the tendency to sin, so God, through the Holy Spirit, sent Christ to be fully human, yet fully God. 

This may sound confusing, but once again, it is a part of the mystery of God. Christ could feel everything we feel, and face every temptation we face, However, through the presence of the Holy Spirit, and Christ being fully God, temptation would not have control or power of Christ. Jesus was sent to do something Adam and Eve could not. Jesus was sent to do something the chosen Nation of Israel could not – reconcile God with His creation.

It took Jesus’ death to destroy the power of sin, and His resurrection to bring hope to the people. Our affirmation of Christ’s role in the redemption of God’s people would be a foundational belief that would move the community of faith forward.

So why did Jesus become Human? He was the unblemished Lamb of God, the final sacrifice that would cleanse us, and create a bridge between God and His creation. His teachings were given to us to help us live out that reconciliation and become the people that God intended us to become when He first created Adam and Eve. 

This doesn’t mean we won’t be tempted, and it doesn’t even mean we would fall to those temptations. What it does mean is that sin no longer has dominion over our lives, and we can seek repentance and reconciliation time and time again with God until we get it right.

I look forward to living out God’s plan for us as a people and as a faith community. As we live this truth out in our ministries and our lives, we will see God’s abundant blessings on us as He adds to the number of those who believe.

Join me, in 2027 as we engage our community through the power of the Holy Spirit drawing people to Jesus the Christ, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Son of God.

Praise God from Who All Blessings Flow!

Have a blessed Week!

Pastor Frank