A December to Remember.

A December to Remember. That’s a cheesy title of which I actually used once in a message I confess. If you’ve used it too, it’s ok. We all make mistakes, right? Chunk that one into the bin of recycled ideas that almost work. The real reason we remember December (still corny) is the Incarnation of Christ. It’s the focus on why and how and when God came into our world as a man, God in the flesh. John 1:14 reminds us, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

Put simply, Jesus, was born of a virgin who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, that he might fully be a man yet still completely divine and live as we have, yet without sin, to become sin and take the punishment we deserve for that sin and then die a horrible death and be raised to life by the power of God to defeat death so that such forgiveness and eternal life now becomes available to all who call upon his name and receive the gift of faith by the grace of God.

The Incarnation is the reason we remember Jesus at Christmas time, and hopefully more than just Christmas time. God in the flesh. A gift we did not deserve, expect, or even imagine. That’s a December to remember.