I am thoroughly enjoying prepping for this Sunday’s sermon, which will come from Galatians 4:4-5. The commentary that I most enjoy is the NAC volume by Timothy George. Commenting on the eternal nature of Christ he says, “Christ did not begin to be the Son of God at Bethlehem, or the Jordan River, or at his resurrection or ascension. He is the ‘only-begotten God’ resident in the ‘bosom of the Father’ from all eternity (John 1:18; 17:1-10)… God sent his Son not just from Galilee to Jerusalem, nor just from the manger to the cross, but all the way from heaven to earth…In sending Jesus, God did not send a substitute or a surrogate. He came himself.” These are just very high and lofty thoughts to be enjoyed during this holiday season.
An Andrew Peterson song begins, “Gather round ye children, come, listen to an old, old story: of the power of death undone by an infant of glory — Son of God, Son of Man. So sing out with joy for the brave little boy who was God but made Himself nothing. Well, He gave up His pride and He came here to die like a man.”
I hope you can stand in awe of the incarnation. The eternal God himself sent His Son, fully God, fully man and fully able to save us to the uttermost.
Praise Christ this Christmas.