As Christians we celebrate the incarnation of the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity. Christmas is often, though, a celebration of commercialism. Fundamentally, though, this Christmas thing is about the incarnation.
But how can God become a man? A mystery indeed. R.C. Sproul has an excellent essay on the subject. Here is an excerpt:
Long before there was a human nature, there was a second person of the Trinity. Here the second person of the Trinity, very God of very God, God himself, was able to take upon himself a human nature. No human being could reverse the process and take upon himself a divine nature. I cannot add deity to my humanity. It’s not as if Christ changed from deity into humanity. That’s what I hear all the time. I hear that there was this great eternal God who suddenly stopped being God and became a man. That’s not what the Bible teaches. The divine person took upon himself a human nature.
As we approach Christmas, pause and reflect on very God of very God taking on a human nature for His people. Here is a link to the essay.
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