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is difficult to fully grasp what it means for the God of the
Universe to be born in a manger. And how do you explain the Almighty
stooping to become a tiny infant? It was the greatest act of love
the world has ever known or ever will know.
It is difficult for our human minds to begin to understand what it
was in God’s becoming a man. As mere humans we will never be able to
understand why He who was infinitely rich would become poor, take on
a human form, and enter into a world He knew would reject and kill
Him.
No one can explain exactly how God could become a baby, but He did.
Without giving up His divine nature or diminishing His deity in any
way. He was born into our world as a tiny infant.
Folks ask me occasionally if I think He cried, or if
He needed the normal care and feeding like any other baby. The
answer is – of course He did. He was fully human with all the needs
and emotions that are common to every human.
Yet, He was also fully God – all wise and all powerful. So how can
both be true? I don’t know. But the Bible clearly teaches that it is
so. In some ways, Jesus voluntarily suspended the full use of His
divine attributes. He didn’t give up being God, but He did willingly
set aside the use of the privileges and powers that were His as God.
He chose to subjugate His will to His Father’s will. Through all
that He remained fully God.
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For nearly two thousand years, debate has been raging
about who Jesus really is. Cults and skeptics have offered various
explanations. They will say He is one of many gods, a created being,
a prophet, and so on. The common thread of all such theories is that
they make Jesus less than God.
Jesus’ works are convincing proof that He is God. He began His
miraculous ministry with a simple act – He created wine at a wedding
in Cana (John 2:1-11). Only God can create. He healed people who
were hopelessly ill. He gave sight to the blind (Matthew 9:27-31).
He opened ears that had never heard (Mark 7:31-27). He created
enough fish and bread to feed thousands (Mark 6:48-52). He raised
the dead by simply commanding them to come forth from the grave
(John 11:38-44).
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