James H. Cagle
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given” (Is. 9: 6 KJV).
Christmas time is when we celebrate God giving us His only begotten Son Jesus Christ in the form of a child born in Bethlehem’s manger. As a child, Jesus was born, as a Son He was given.
Jesus’ humanity is given through His birth as a child into the human race. Jesus’ deity has existed from eternity past. Jesus has been God from eternity past but became man at His Incarnation. He has always been God, but when He came as a child in the manger He became God-man. Jesus is fully man, and He is fully God. Jesus has the nature of a man and at the same time the nature of God. He is called Immanuel which means the presence of this Child brings God into our midst.
When God the Father gave us His Son He wrapped Him in humanity. Jesus came as a human to live like a human and then to die like a human. He as God performed miracles during His lifetime, and as God overcame death.
God giving to us His Son was not without purpose. When Jesus came, He was fulfilling the plans the Godhead made before the foundation of the world. Before there was ever a sinner there was already a Savior.
No child’s birth was more important and significant than Jesus Christ’. And no man’s death was more significant and important than Jesus’. Jesus came to fulfill God’s promises to send a Savior to His covenant people Israel and to all who believe and trust Him as Savior.
All men are sinners and there was not a Savior among us until God sent Jesus to us to die for us to save us. The penalty for our sins was death, and the sacrifice for our sins, the one to incur the wrath of God on our behalf and pay our sin debt had to be without spot and without blemish. And the only one that qualified was the One God sent, which was Jesus Christ.
May we remember this Christmas season the gift that God sent us in Jesus Christ; God wrapped up in humanity. He sent us a Savior, a Redeemer, a Deliverer, an Example, a Friend, and now our soon coming King.
