God incarnate
The word “incarnation” does not appear in the Bible. It is a theological term derived
from the Latin words in and caro (flesh), and it means to be clothed in flesh. It is the
act of becoming flesh. Its only use in theology is in reference to the gracious,
voluntary act of the Son of God in which He assumed a human body. Christianity
teaches that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became a man who had
an earthly, physical, fleshly body just like yours and mine.
In 1 Timothy 3:16 the apostle Paul declared, “And without controversy great is the
mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh . . .” “He appeared in a body.”
“He was revealed in the flesh.”
The apostle John said, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and
we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace
and truth” (John 1:14). For “the Word to become flesh” He had to have a real body.
We can’t really appreciate that fact apart from the opening verse, “In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . And the
Word became flesh.” The One who was with the Father from all eternity became
Man, taking upon Himself a human body.
Watch the progress in John’s thought: He “was with God” (v. 1); He “became flesh”
(v. 14). He “was with God” (v. 1); He “dwelt among us” (v. 14). That is unthinkable
but true. He came from the infinite position of the eternal Godhead to the finite
limitations of manhood.
The word “incarnation” does not appear in the Bible. It is a theological term derived
from the Latin words in and caro (flesh), and it means to be clothed in flesh. It is the
act of becoming flesh. Its only use in theology is in reference to the gracious,
voluntary act of the Son of God in which He assumed a human body. Christianity
teaches that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became a man who had
an earthly, physical, fleshly body just like yours and mine.
In 1 Timothy 3:16 the apostle Paul declared, “And without controversy great is the
mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh . . .” “He appeared in a body.”
“He was revealed in the flesh.”
The apostle John said, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and
we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace
and truth” (John 1:14). For “the Word to become flesh” He had to have a real body.
We can’t really appreciate that fact apart from the opening verse, “In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . And the
Word became flesh.” The One who was with the Father from all eternity became
Man, taking upon Himself a human body.
Watch the progress in John’s thought: He “was with God” (v. 1); He “became flesh”
(v. 14). He “was with God” (v. 1); He “dwelt among us” (v. 14). That is unthinkable
but true. He came from the infinite position of the eternal Godhead to the finite
limitations of manhood.
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