A body have You prepared for Me

In his book Miracles, C.S. Lewis drills deep into the miracle we celebrate at Christmas when he writes, “The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares for this, or exhibits this, or results from this. Just as every natural event is the manifestation at a particular place and moment of Nature’s total character, so every particular Christian miracle manifests at a particular place and moment the character and significance of the Incarnation.” All of the gospel and the salvation we receive by its power rests completely on the mystery and miracle of Jesus’ birth as a fully human child. If Christ is not fully human, then He has no life in Christ to impart to us. If Christ is not fully human, then there is no substitutionary death on our behalf to save us from our sins. And if Christ is not fully human, then there is no resurrection from the dead unto eternal life by the power of Christ’s resurrection. Denying the humanity of Jesus rejects the gospel because there is no gospel by which we are saved if the gospel is not THE GOSPEL OF ONE WHO IS A SON OF MAN. Christmas is wonderful in so many ways, but if we don’t understand and hold fast to the significance of Christ’s incarnation, then our celebration of Christmas is no different than the world’s celebration of Christmas. Come join us this Sunday as we begin our Christmas celebrations as citizens of the kingdom of our King!

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 begin our Christmas sermon series titled “The Word became flesh” with a message from Hebrews 10:1-10 titled “A body have You prepared for Me.”

God bless!

Pastor Mike