John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Did you ever think, when you were a child, what fun it would be
if your toys could come to life? Well suppose you could really have brought
them to life. Imagine turning a tin soldier into a real little man. It would
involve turning the tin into flesh. And suppose the tin soldier did not like
it. He is not interested in flesh: all he sees is that the tin is being spoilt.
He thinks you are killing him. He will do everything he can to prevent you. He
will not be made into a man if he can help it.
What you would have done about that tin soldier I do not know.
But what God did about us was this. The Second Person in God, the Son, became
human Himself: was born into the world as an actual man—a real man of a
particular height, with hair of a particular colour, speaking a particular
language, weighing so many stone. The Eternal Being, who knows everything and
who created the whole universe, became not only a man but (before that) a baby,
and before that a fetus inside a Woman's body. If you want to get the
hang of it, think how you would like to become a slug or a crab.
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