" Behold , the virgin shall be with child , and bear a Son , and they shall call His name Immanuel ," which is translated , " God with us ." Matthew 1:23
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Jesus Christ was born into this world , not from it . He did not emerge out of history ; He came into history from the outside . Jesus Christ is not the best human being the human race can boast of — He is a Being for whom the human race can take no credit at all . He is not man becoming God , but God Incarnate — God coming into human flesh from outside it . His life is the highest and the holiest entering through the most humble of doors . Our Lord ’ s birth was an advent — the appearance of God in human form .
His Birth in Me . “ My little children , for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you …” ( Galatians 4:19 ).
Just as our Lord came into human history from outside it , He must also come into me from outside . Have I allowed my personal human life to become a “ Bethlehem ” for the Son of God ? I cannot enter the realm of the kingdom of God unless I am born again from above by a birth totally unlike physical birth . “ You must be born again ” ( John 3:7 ).
This is not a command , but a fact based on the authority of God . The evidence of the new birth is that I yield myself so completely to God that “ Christ is formed ” in me . And once “ Christ is formed ” in me , His nature immediately begins to work through me .
God Evident in the Flesh . This is what is made so profoundly possible for you and for me through the redemption of man by Jesus Christ .
The great point of Abraham ’ s faith in God was that he was prepared to do anything for God . Not Knowing Whither
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Wisdom by Oswald Chambers His Birth and Our New Birth
" Behold , the virgin shall be with child , and bear a Son , and they shall call His name Immanuel ," which is translated , " God with us ." Matthew 1:23
His
Birth in History . “… that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God ( Luke 1:35 ).
Jesus Christ was born into this world , not from it . He did not emerge out of history ; He came into history from the outside . Jesus Christ is not the best human being the human race can boast of — He is a Being for whom the human race can take no credit at all . He is not man becoming God , but God Incarnate — God coming into human flesh from outside it . His life is the highest and the holiest entering through the most humble of doors . Our Lord ’ s birth was an advent — the appearance of God in human form .
His Birth in Me . “ My little children , for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you …” ( Galatians 4:19 ).
Just as our Lord came into human history from outside it , He must also come into me from outside . Have I allowed my personal human life to become a “ Bethlehem ” for the Son of God ? I cannot enter the realm of the kingdom of God unless I am born again from above by a birth totally unlike physical birth . “ You must be born again ” ( John 3:7 ).
This is not a command , but a fact based on the authority of God . The evidence of the new birth is that I yield myself so completely to God that “ Christ is formed ” in me . And once “ Christ is formed ” in me , His nature immediately begins to work through me .
God Evident in the Flesh . This is what is made so profoundly possible for you and for me through the redemption of man by Jesus Christ .
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The great point of Abraham ’ s faith in God was that he was prepared to do anything for God . Not Knowing Whither
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John 1:9 “ If we confess our sins , He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness .”
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