A Radical Birth
Is there a greater mystery or a more bizarre story than the birth of Christ?The greatest screen play could not weaved together a more complicated and dramatic plot. Many of us have heard it so many times that we do fail to recognize the turns-of-events, and the Divine intervention the nativity represents. This season I stand in awe over it took for God to become man. I stand in awe at the nature of Jesus' incarnation. Christians believe Jesus was fully God and fully man with no conflation or confusion of natures. He was neither schizophrenic, suffering from multiple personalities, nor neurotic, confused and anxious. He was one Person with two natures. He was God's Son. Although being the Second person of the Divine God head for all eternity(Psalm2:12; Isaiah 48:16 et . al ), he voluntarily subordinated himself to the Father who promised him a kingdom (Mark 2:1 - 12;John 1: 1 -5; 8:58; 10:30; Colossi ans 2:1-18 et . al ). Christ voluntarily assumed the role of God's Son fr...