And the Word became flesh

On a raw winter night, a farmer heard the thumping sound against the kitchen door as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the warmth inside, beat in vain against the glass storm door. The farmer opened up the barn for the struggling birds, turned on the lights, and sprinkled a trail of saltine crackers to direct them to the barn, but the sparrows hid in the darkness, afraid of him. All his best intentions and efforts to help only terrified the birds so he withdrew to his house and watched the doomed sparrows through a window. But what if the farmer could become a bird like one of them? Then he wouldn’t frighten them! And that very though brings us to the true meaning of Christmas: the incarnation. And aren’t we “of more value than many sparrows” (Matthew 10:31)? This farmer points us to the principle of the incarnation but the power to bring the principle to reality can only come from God becoming like one of us as He did when “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” And when we understand what John means when he writes “the Word,” then this statement becomes the most concise and complete expression of the incarnation in all the scriptures. And if you want to know why this is so (and why it matters to you), then come join us this Sunday!

We invite you to come join us this Sunday morning for our in-person worship service at Leptondale Bible Church in Newburgh, starting at 10:55 AM. For those unable to attend, our service can be viewed live on the church’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/leptondalebiblechurch. This Sunday, we’ll continue our Christmas sermon series titled “The Word became flesh” with a message from John 1:1-14 titled “And the Word became flesh.”

God bless!

Pastor Mike