DCLM Higher Everyday 24 June 2024 — The Incarnate Christ
Topic: The Incarnate Christ
Text: John 1:1-5
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Key Verse: “And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).
Message
The word ‘incarnate’ means to be given a human form. As it applies to Christ, it means Christ,with divine personality, given the form of man without diminishing His divinity. Divine and human nature joined in Christ (Colossians 2:9) to reconcile man with God and save man from God’s righteous judgment, to reveal God’s love to man, to show man the perfect model of holiness, and to make a saved person a partaker of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). Since Christ’s incarnation, God is now approachable, and no more far away. Through faith in Christ one can seek a relationship with God through repentance.
Friend, our text begins with, the ‘Word’ or ‘Logos’ and that is Jesus – “In the beginning was the Word…” The existence of Jesus is from eternity and He is the Giver of life and light. With the same power that He made all things before His incarnation, He also employed on earth in His incarnation, as He saved, healed, delivered and raised the dead to life. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Take your burdens to Him.
Quote: Divine and human nature joined
Challenge: Incarnate Christ is God’s love to fallen men.
Prayer for today: Christ Jesus, save me from sin.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
