God made his Word flesh to show us how to live...

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth…” (John 1:14).

In the beginning God’s Word was given to humanity so that he may live a life pleasing to God. But man did not always follow the teachings and commandments he received. Thus, God saw fit that he would make His Word become flesh. And in doing so he came down to us in the form of Jesus Christ, who was both fully human and fully divine.

“Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, he did not deem equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself and taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men” (Philipians 2:5-7). God the Son emptied himself to become flesh for our sake, so that we may see and experience what it truly means to live as a human being.

God made his Word flesh, and so we must do the same. We are to put our faith in Christ into action, as we are made to live out good works. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).