He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. (John testified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’”) From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known. (John 1:10-18, NRSV)
The word of God became flesh and dwelt among us.
Jesus Christ stepped down from the throne of grace to humble Himself to become like us.
To bring us grace upon grace!
To give us an example of how to live the life God has called us to.
To learn what it was to be like us, to be tempted, but to show us through the temptation that a holy set apart life was possible.
Not a life that make the religious elite happy, but a life lived in the glory and grace of God!
So receive from Him the fullness of grace that Father has for you, and live in His example of a God filled life!
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