For December 23, 2011
Read : Hebrews 1:1-13
No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son.. has declared Him. - John 1:18
Frank M. Fairchild told of a beautiful fresco on the ceiling of a Roman palace. Painted by Guido Renin 1614, it was one of the most impressive works of its day. But visitors couldn't fully appreciate the masterpiece because they had to crane their necks to see it. To solve the problem, palace officials placed a large mirror on the floor beneath the painting, enabling viewers to more fully appreciate its beauty.
Fairchild observed : "Jesus Christ does precisely that for us when we try to get some notion of God... He interprets God to our dull hearts. In Him, God becomes visible and intelligible to us. We cannot by any amount of searching find out God. The more we try, the more we are bewildered. Then Christ appears. He is God stooping down to our level, and He enables our feeble thoughts to get some real hold on God Himself."
Christ came to reveal God to us. But He is more than a reflection of the Father. He is God in human flesh - "the express image" of God (Heb.1:3). And Jesus Himself said, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" (Jn. 14:9).
As we meditate on the wonder of "the Word made flesh," we will say with the hymn-writer, "O come, let us adore Him, Christ, the Lord." - Richard De Haan
Christ's Birth Brings The Infinite God Within The Reach Of Finite Man.
Read : Hebrews 1:1-13
No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son.. has declared Him. - John 1:18
Frank M. Fairchild told of a beautiful fresco on the ceiling of a Roman palace. Painted by Guido Renin 1614, it was one of the most impressive works of its day. But visitors couldn't fully appreciate the masterpiece because they had to crane their necks to see it. To solve the problem, palace officials placed a large mirror on the floor beneath the painting, enabling viewers to more fully appreciate its beauty.
Fairchild observed : "Jesus Christ does precisely that for us when we try to get some notion of God... He interprets God to our dull hearts. In Him, God becomes visible and intelligible to us. We cannot by any amount of searching find out God. The more we try, the more we are bewildered. Then Christ appears. He is God stooping down to our level, and He enables our feeble thoughts to get some real hold on God Himself."
Christ came to reveal God to us. But He is more than a reflection of the Father. He is God in human flesh - "the express image" of God (Heb.1:3). And Jesus Himself said, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" (Jn. 14:9).
As we meditate on the wonder of "the Word made flesh," we will say with the hymn-writer, "O come, let us adore Him, Christ, the Lord." - Richard De Haan
Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Late in time behold Him come,
Offspring of a virgin's womb - Wesley
Christ's Birth Brings The Infinite God Within The Reach Of Finite Man.
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