he
historic record of the birth of Christ can be found in
Matthew
1:18-25 and
Luke
2:1-20.
Unlike any other baby, the one born that night in
Bethlehem was unique in all of history. He was not created by a
human father and mother. He had a heavenly pre-existence (John
1:1-3,
14).
He is God, the Son—Creator
of the universe (Philippians
2:5-11). This is why Christmas is called the
incarnation, a word which means “in the flesh.” In the birth of
Jesus, the eternal, all-powerful and all-knowing Creator came to
earth in the flesh.
Why would God do such a thing? Why would he come as a baby,
instead of appearing in power and majesty? Why make himself a true
man and live among us, when he knew full well how terribly he would
be treated?
It was LOVE!
It was necessary, if you are to be saved!