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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

DAYS OF PRAISE- THE INCARNATE DEITY

Days of Praise
The Incarnate Deity
December 16, 2009
"Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought
it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself
of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men."
The entire gospel message runs counter to the
human mind. The Creator dying for the creation.
The judge paying the penalty for the guilty.
The immortal One dying. Sinless God substituting
for human sinners. No human or devil ever could
have thought of this scheme, and indeed, no such
one did. This is evidenced by the works-oriented
salvation offered by all cults and false religions, as
conjured up by such sources.
But make no mistake! The babe in the manger was
the Creator, holy and eternal! "Who is the image of
the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature. . . .
All things were created by him, and for him: . . . that
in all things he might have the preeminence. For it
pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross,
by him to reconcile all things unto himself"
In order to qualify as a sacrificial substitute, He had to
be born as a child into humankind, but without the
inherited sin nature of His human parents. A virgin
birth was therefore necessary.
He had to live a sinless life. He had to be fully human,
but also fully God, so that His substitutionary death
could apply to the sins of more than one guilty sinner.
He had to be "God with us," the meaning of the
precious title Emmanuel (Matthew 1:23), as
prophesied years before (Isaiah 7:14). JDM
Christ, by the highest Heav'n adored, Christ, the
everlasting Lord:
Late in the time behold Him come, Offspring of a
virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail th'incarnate
Deity!
Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus our Emmamuel.
Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King!"
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