Yesterday was Advent's second Sunday, and the sermon got me thinkin'.
Incarnation was a word that particularly stood out to me as our pastor spoke (from the Latin, incarnare). The Messiah came--in the flesh, set in history and time, in culture and within a language. His tangibleness was as real as your hands, your being, are to you at this very moment.
The believers, those who put their faith in him and carry his name, make the body of Christ today. We take the form of one body, the incarnation of the Divine for this time and this culture, this age. Do you know that your sufferings relate to others who are hurting? Are you real in your loving?
In light of this, our cry for the coming of Christ is also the cry for all of his people to come to the realization of who they are in him--tangible love for an aching world.
Incarnation was a word that particularly stood out to me as our pastor spoke (from the Latin, incarnare). The Messiah came--in the flesh, set in history and time, in culture and within a language. His tangibleness was as real as your hands, your being, are to you at this very moment.
For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every
way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high
priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins
of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted,
he is able to help those who are being tempted. (Heb. 2:17,18)
The believers, those who put their faith in him and carry his name, make the body of Christ today. We take the form of one body, the incarnation of the Divine for this time and this culture, this age. Do you know that your sufferings relate to others who are hurting? Are you real in your loving?
In light of this, our cry for the coming of Christ is also the cry for all of his people to come to the realization of who they are in him--tangible love for an aching world.
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