Christian Living
The FLESH & the SPIRIT.
“And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word…and Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judea…”
Luke 1:38-41
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1: 14
Part 2 of this blogpost series, pretty much slides us into this concluding part.
Mary’s baby was God Himself in human form. Baby Jesus then grew in stature and wisdom. Lived on earth as a man and worked as a Carpenter alongside His father Joseph. Jesus was as much flesh as any other human being. Only this ‘Flesh’ was of a different kind. This was a ‘flesh’ without the contamination of sin and death. The sin and death which Adam erroneously introduced into the world through disobedience (Genesis 2;17. Genesis 3. Romans 5: 14).
Jesus came down to mankind God as a FREE GIFT without offense from God the Father(Romans 5: 15). Without the offense of sin, death and condemnation, having being born by divine conception by the Holy Ghost.
This special birth was necessary because; “death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression.” (Romans 5:14)- a spiritual death streaming down from Adam to all mankind.
And here we find another Mystery of God. How God created an avenue for a spiritual rebirth through Jesus Christ, possible when; “you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead..” (Romans 10: 9). So that by this simple act of believing and confessing, we who were spiritually dead and condemned because of the sin of Adam, become transformed into ‘spiritually alive creations’, and “..through one Man’s righteous act, the free gift came to All men, resulting in justification of life.” (Romans 5:18b). Because “..if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation..” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
This is why we celebrate Christmas!
God gave Himself as a free gift to mankind, received and conceived by Mary as the Word which became the Child Jesus. Who lived on earth like any other human, only this Man was without the sin and death passed down to all generations from Adam. He was killed for the remission of sin, but resurrected from the dead by the Father. And as many that receive Him as Lord and Savior, receive His nature- sinless, blameless, without condemnation and a brand new spirit.
Thank You Faithful father!
Father of All Wisdom.
