Christ: The Word Made Flesh
“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 [KJV]
When the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the living Word, was “made flesh,” He was not made sinful flesh. He was made flesh without sin for the purpose of doing His great work as the Surety, Substitute, and Redeemer of God’s chosen people. He was “made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law” (Galatians 4:4-5). This means He had to die to satisfy God’s justice and be raised from the dead having brought forth spiritual and eternal life for His people.
We behold His glory when we see the splendor and beauty of His Person. Christ is truly God manifest in the flesh (I Timothy 3:16). We behold His glory when we are convinced by the Spirit of the success and power of His finished work of redemption to accomplish righteousness by which God is both a just God and a Savior and which guarantees the salvation of all for whom He died and arose.
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