Because I Love You
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Jeff Mattesich
- John 1:14
- We Need A Little Christmas - Advent 2019
- 41 mins 48 secs
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Questions for Reflection
Read John 1:14
- What does it mean that Jesus is the Word of God? What then does it mean that this “Word became flesh?”
- What does the incarnation tell us about the character and love of God?
- In the Old Testament, God had made his dwelling among the Israelites in the Tabernacle (Read Exodus 25:8-9). How does this Scripture shape our understanding of what it means for God to make his dwelling among us in Jesus?
- John describes a future reality in Revelation 21:1-4, in which God will “dwell” among us in the most ultimate sense. What will happen when God dwells with his people? How does this depiction of God’s presence with us in the future affect how we live in the present? How can this shift how you celebrate Christmas in the coming days?
- John declares in John 1:14, “We have seen his glory.” Where do you see the glory of Jesus, the One and Only Son of God, in our world? How can you glorify Jesus as you celebrate Christmas the next few days?
Study Notes
We Need A Little Christmas
“Because I Love You”
John 1:14
12/22/19
Intro:
Last weekend, Jenny and I got away for 24 hours without our children (thanks to the help of many of you). Sadly, we could not recall the last time we had done this, but in the lead up to this getaway I asked Jenny a series of questions to help me determine where we would go and what we would do. Prior to these questions I had done plenty of research, so, I was fairly confident that once I got her answers that a particular place would come to mind and I would book the room and start packing. However, to my surprise her answers to the questions did not really fit into what I had researched. As I listened to her, it dawned on me:
My family has had quite a full fall. With both of us starting new jobs, the boys at 2 different schools, sports, friends, and all the things that make up our life – the thought of getting away was not so much about “doing a bunch of things” at this stage in our life – it was more about having some rest and a “pause” from life. So, pause we did – and I can report that when we checked into our hotel in Glendale and they read on my license that we had come all the way from Pasadena – we all had a laugh!
But, it is not just us who live full and fast lives. I know for certain that some of you are home from college or grad school and the first thing you did was sleep. You needed the pause. You needed the rest. Some of the excitement that many have for next week might have more to do with some time off from work more than what you might be eating on Christmas Day.
Life needs pause. I think often “the pause” comes when we experience extraordinary love. Be it the pause we feel when someone we love (or ourselves) gets married, the pause (or the haze) that comes from having a child, or even the pause that comes when someone we love passes away. And those pauses have hit our church community this past year and even the past week with the passing of both Celeste Coleman and George Terzian. And we are still grieving the loss of so many.
Even with death, it is these experiences of extraordinary LOVE that allow us to pause… to reflect, to enjoy, the grieve, to soak in the fullness of what is happening in ways that define what life is all about.
… and today, my prayer is that the Scriptures would help each of us find pause. In the midst of all that is “Christmas”, that today, we might pause from all you have to do, all you have to get done, and the places you have to be – and in this space – simply PAUSE today and find rest and hope in the Scriptures.
Because what we will see, is that this pause is one connected to extraordinary love…connected to intimacy – and if we can embrace the pause and soak in the message of the text, what we really might experience is what we all need… a little Christmas.
Text:
Would you please stand for the reading of God’s Word.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Sermon Body:
Let’s remember why John has written this book:
But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31
John is writing so that anyone who hears his story would believe in Jesus. The entire book pushes toward this purpose. What we have been focusing on this Advent season is the Prologue to the entire Gospel, 18 verses. This is where the story gets framed…the stage gets set…and what John is doing is trying to draw the reader to want to know more about this Word, Jesus.
These first 18 verses should cause us Pause… they seek to cause us to hear somethings about Jesus that invites us to want to know more. The past 3 weeks and in just 13 verses, we have seen John introduce us to Jesus as the Word, Jesus as light, Jesus as life.
We have seen that there were some who “saw” him and some who could not. To those who did see him, John says, they have become children of God…
These are the claims that have caused plenty of pause over the years – and as we look at a new verse today, I pray it causes pause for you as well.
The text today is the climax verse of the entire prologue. Meaning, if there is just one verse to know, and really understand it is what we have read today in verse 14.
There is a trap in preaching that I need to call out… a verse like 14 is deeply meaningful and important that this message could easily become a time to enhance our brains full of Biblical trivia and compelling facts.
For instance, the WORD. There is so much that can be said about what it means that Jesus is the Word, in Greek, the logos –there are plenty of Biblical rabbit trails we can begin (and should) about this… the Word being rational reason, or wisdom personified, or the redemptive spoken acts of God…
The main truth is that verse 14 is the pinnacle of what John has been writing. It is his thesis and we need to hear what it is and for today we need it badly – because this verse is not simply trivia, or Bible facts… this verse is Christmas.
And do not worry, we will talk about more about the WORD in a moment, but beyond this -
There are 3 truths about Jesus we can see in verse 14. There are more than 3, but these are the 3 that the Spirit has led me to focus on for us today given our series and given it being December 22nd.
Fact number #1, Jesus Became
- Jesus Became
The Word became flesh
Jesus became human. The Word became flesh. Let’s unpack this some. To do this, we need to go back to verses 1-3:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
From these verses, what can we know about the Word, about Jesus?
Verse 1: Jesus was with God
Verse 2: Jesus was God
Remember that John teaches us that Jesus has always existed. Verse 3 will affirm this and go deeper to make sure we know that:
Verse 3: Jesus was not made.
Jesus does the making. So, when our Christmas narratives see the birth of Jesus as the beginning of Jesus – we are making a huge mistake. The birth of Jesus is the incarnation, it is not the start of Jesus, it is not the making of Jesus – it is the Word becoming flesh.
Why the use of Word? To best understand 14, what we need to see is that the action, the creating action of God is the Word of God, which has always been Jesus. So - throughout the Bible, God speaks and things happen. In Genesis, In Isaiah … God’s creation, God’s Rescue, God’s Revelation – all his known as his Word. The Active Agent of Creation, God’s self-disclosure of himself in this world is his Word, and this Word has a name, his name is Jesus and that Word became flesh we read in 14.
Jesus is God and Jesus was with God, and Jesus made everything that has ever been made – now this Jesus has become flesh.
When I was learning Greek, I would come up with funny ways to jog my memory. The word for flesh in Greek is Sarx – and I would say it and pretend I was naked. This isn’t just a creative way to remember the word, the word itself carries that same kind of risk and scandal. It use here is shocking…
For one, it says that God is not just some force or principle out there in the universe. God is not some light within all of us. God, who is distinct from us and from this universe, became flesh. It was not just a god in a human body like a spirit in a machine, no, John speaks SARX, of becoming flesh.
God became human. God wasn’t pretending to be human, he wasn’t teleporting into a human body, but Jesus became human. This is a huge shift – God had always sought relationship with his creation. He always interacted with human beings. He even revealed himself to Moses and to others – but always as Spirit. Always in a temporary way, a way that could not be touched as we can touch one another. Always at a limited distance and now in what we see is that Jesus who has always existed as Spirit, now became human.
This is worthy of a pause. When Moses received his limited view of God in Exodus 33, the people paused and worshipped. When we realize that Jesus has become flesh – it serves as such shocking information, we ought to pause too. We ought to worship as well.
Jesus became. The Word became flesh.
Truth #2, Jesus Lived.
- Jesus Lived
and made his dwelling among us
The word for "dwelling among us" literally means "tabernacled" or "lived in a tent." This is a very intentional choice of language for John… John is calling to mind something very familiar to the Jewish readers. After Israel left Egypt, God had Moses set up a tent so that, Exodus 25:8, "I may dwell in their midst."
In that tent, we read, God often manifested Himself in a shining cloud and the Jews called that cloud, "the glory." He could not be seen. His glory was veiled by a cloud. But it was there and He was present. God was journeying with them. They could see the tent and knew that the tent and cloud was a sign of God being with and near his people.
And they would take this tent with them wherever they went. Where they went, God would go. A physical reminder of God to the people of God.
Truthfully, that tent veiled God in many ways…there were elements of God being intangible, of God being symbolic… but nonetheless, the God of the Bible was never an aloof transcendent deity out there just conducting His own heavenly business, distant from earth and humaity. God was there with His people. In their hardships and hazards, God was with them.
Now as we read back in verse 14, can you see how this tabernacle language elevates that history into a new day? The God who has always been with his people – is now not just found in a tent… not just symbolic, but now in flesh and blood.
The Word became flesh and dwelled among us… Canvas tents aren't necessary anymore. The tent is now the flesh of Jesus. That flesh was now near, close to us, proximate with us. No longer was God limited… now in flesh, full and tangible.
This is worth a pause. A God that sets up to dwell, to tabernacle with his people in the flesh.
This is Christmas. Christmas is about a God who came in flesh to be with you and me, and not just a visit or a sign… a real life, heart beating human – both fully God and fully man.
Story: My Step-Dad Ben.
When we came to live with us, our house changed. His presence was not a “time to time” or occasional thing for me anymore. He came into our home, and everything changed because of his presence. It caused me pause – someone was here who was not before. It was disruptive. His presence was disruptive in all the right ways.
Jesus has moved in. He has come to dwell among us. He is real, he is present, he is here and when we awaken to this truth, the change that comes will be disruptive in all the right ways.
Let this cause you to pause this week, this Christmas.
The final truth for today, is #3 Jesus Revealed.
- Jesus Revealed
We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth
I was with Greg this week and we were talking about the text. He was convincing when he suggested that he reads this next portion as an “explosion”.
“we have seen his glory!!!!!”
“the glory of Jesus, the Son of God!!!!!!!”
“and he is full of grace and truth!!!!!!!!!!!”
This reads as a testimony! This is not a theological paper for John, this is real life stuff. This is him communicating that Jesus revealed himself to John and John saw him! John saw his glory!
This another scandal in the verse – one that might cause pause and asks us to push forward for more understanding…how can that be? ...more story… I want to hear more! … more about Jesus… there is so much more to understand!
Jesus revealed himself and his glory to other flesh. Jesus was not invisible nor was he obscure. Jesus revealed. The word glory refers to the visible manifestation of God's presence and power. Jesus was not a philosophy or a subject to study – he was the Word that became flesh…and John saw him. He touched and experienced the revealed Jesus as both God and man.
Because Jesus reveals…When you look at Jesus, you see the face of God. When you hear Jesus teach; you hear God teach. When you come to experience Jesus; you experience God. In Jesus we see God – because Jesus reveals the glory of God.
That glory has not been limited to John, Jesus is still revealing… he is still causing pause in people’s lives…
Story: Facebook Friend from High School. He has seen the glory revealed in Jesus.
In 2 weeks, we will have baptisms declaring that all this is real, and that like John, people are still seeing the glory of God in Jesus!
This is Christmas, the Word becoming flesh and that Word revealing the glory of God?
Have you experienced this from Jesus?
What does all this mean?
Application:
Jesus is bigger than a Christmas story or tradition
Jesus is here. Jesus is real. He is not a story, he has a story. And his story invites you to be part of it.
And he, like he did with John, is revealing himself to all. All of creation is exploding like John, “I have seen his glory!!!!!!!!”
My Story of Glory:
Divorce, Injury, Heartbroken, Failure, Death – I have seen the glory of God!
Yours?
Jesus is up close and personal
Jesus is not a distant God.
Jesus is not a God we work to get near, but a God who gets near us. Jesus tabernacles in us… he sets up among and in us. He is here. His love for you motivated his incarnation. His desire to be in relationship with you caused Christmas. All of this, for you, for me, for all of creation…every single person that has, is, or will be... Christmas is about the Word who becomes flesh and who is up close and personal… and his becoming human is able to help us understand something incredible about him….
He gets us… he gets it.
Jesus gets it
Jesus knows what it means to be human, He understand our pain. He wasn’t visiting flesh, he became flesh. Jesus is more than proximate with us, he is intimate with us. The intimacy of Jesus is an intimacy of understanding our emotions and experiences and he identifies with us in all of it. Jesus gets it. Jesus gets you – and he wants you. He loves you. He isn’t turned off by your humanity, your flesh – he came to redeem and rescue us as us.
This is why Christmas is so powerful – the Word became flesh – and is near us in all of our flesh… he gets it and he isn’t going away.
Conclusion:
What is worth a Pause in your life? Moments of extraordinary love…Christmas itself?
When the Word Became Flesh…
The Abstract was made Concrete
The Invisible was made Visible
The Intangible was made Touchable
This is what Christmas is, Christmas is a celebration of the moment that the Word was made flesh!
And when you think about it, he could have come any way he wanted… – but he became flesh. And this fact has changed the world, this fact has changed lives, this fact has changed my life…
I want to help us PAUSE, and have chosen a song for us to so that might help us reflect on the Extraordinary Love of God in Jesus – the reality of how Jesus came into this world…
(Winter Snow Song)
Chinese Study Notes
我們需要一點聖誕
“因為我愛你”
約翰福音 1:14
12/22/19
介紹：
上一周，我和珍妮獨處了一天（謝謝幫助我們的人）。我們不記得上次我們這樣獨處是什麼時候了。為此做準備時，我問了珍妮一些問題，好決定去哪裡、做什麼。因為我已經做了大量研究，我有信心，她一回答我就知道該去哪裡，就可以訂房間打包了。但她的答案竟然與我的準備大相徑庭， 我一邊聽，一邊還有點沮喪。
我們家整個秋天都很忙。我們兩個開始了新工作，孩子們在兩個不同的學校，各有不同的運動、朋友、安排，占滿了我們的生活---所以獨處的想法不是要在我們這個階段集中做點事，而是要休息和“暫停”一下。長話短說，當我們在格蘭戴爾酒店登記註冊時，人家看我們的駕照是鄰居帕薩迪納的，都大笑起來。
其實不只是我們過著這種滿滿的快速生活，許多人都這樣，比如我們中的一些學生，可能回家後第一件事就是睡覺。你們需要停頓一下，需要歇息…下一周我們都要許多興奮的事，比如聖誕大餐，可能工作量不比上班要少。
生活需要停頓。“停頓”常常出現在我們經歷了特別的愛的時候。比如：當我們所愛的人結婚時，當有了孩子時，甚至當我們所愛的人去世時…我們教會一年經歷了許多這樣的時候，上周還有兩位會友過世，以致我們還在悲痛中。
即使是死，也是一種特別的愛的經歷，讓我們可以停頓一下…反思、哀悼、沉浸在對生命的感悟中…
我今天的禱告就是我們可以透過經文找到休止符。在一切繁忙之中的聖誕，在今天，我們可以歇息手上的工，從工作清單中離開，從工作的地方離開---休止一下，從經文中找到安息和盼望。
我們將看到，這樣的休止符與特別的愛相連接…與親密關係相連接。如果我們擁抱這種休止符，感悟聖經經文，我們就真可以經歷我們所需要的…那一點聖誕。
經文：
請大家起立誦讀神的話
約1：14
道成了肉身，居住在我們中間。我們看到了他的榮耀，正是從父而來的獨生子的榮耀，充滿了恩典和真理。
講道：
讓我們回想一下約翰為什麼要寫這本書：
但這些事被記下來，是要你們相信耶穌就是基督、是神的兒子；並且使你們因著信，就奉他的名有生命。約翰福音20：31
約翰寫福音書是要所有聽到他故事的人都相信耶穌，他所有的故事都為此目的。我們在耶穌降臨節的系列講道就是福音的序曲。這18節塑造了整個故事---為福音做好了鋪墊。約翰要吸引讀者想知道更多關於道---耶穌的事。
這18節足可以讓我們停頓…我們所聽到的福音邀請我們更多地瞭解耶穌…過去三周我們只講了13節，我們學習了約翰指出耶穌就是道，就是光，就是生命。
我們也知道有人“看見”了耶穌，有人卻沒有…對“看見”他的人，約翰說，他們就成為神的兒女…
年復一年，神的話帶來許多生命的休止符---當我們今天看新的一節時，我盼望也帶給你生命的休止符。
今天的經節是整個序曲的高潮，就是說，如果我們只需記得一節經文的話，就是第14節。
我極力避免那種講道的衝動…因為14節意思太深了，也太重要了，很容易讓我們頭腦中充滿大量神學思考以致忘記時間…
舉例來說，對“道”這個字，就有太多要說的，在希臘文中它是邏各斯；耶穌就是道---對此，聖經學者的論述汗牛充棟…道是理性，是智慧的人格化，是神救贖的行動…
14節的真理是約翰福音的高峰，我們需要聽聽他的論述，因為我們今天特別需要；更因為這一節不是簡單的聖經事實，而是聖誕的真意。
別急，我們一會兒就多多論“道”，但更要強調的是：14節有三個關於耶穌的真理論述。事實上，不只三個，但聖靈帶領我在今天的聖誕主日集中在這三點：
論述 #1, 耶穌成為
- 耶穌成為了
道成了肉身
耶穌成為人，道成為肉身。我們做點解經，先回到1-3節：
1太初有道，道與神同在，道就是神。2這道太初與神同在。3萬有是藉著他而成的；凡所成的，沒有一樣不是藉著他而成的。
從這些經節，我們可以瞭解有關道---耶穌什麼呢？
1節: 耶穌與神同在
2節: 耶穌就是神
記住約翰告訴我們的，耶穌從來就存在，第3節確認了這一點，並讓我們進一步知道：耶穌不是受造的。
耶穌是創造的主。我們的聖誕故事說小嬰兒是耶穌故事的開始，這其實犯了大錯；那個馬槽嬰兒是肉身的耶穌，不是耶穌的開始，不是受造的耶穌，是道成肉身。
為什麼用“道”這個詞？為了更好理解14節，我們需要認識神的創造行動就是神的道，是耶穌在創造…整本聖經都在談論這一點，創世紀、以賽亞書…神的創造、救贖、啟示，都是藉著他的道彰顯的。創造主向世界所顯明的就是他的道，這道的名字就是耶穌，這就是我們讀的14節。
耶穌與神同在，他就是神， 萬物都是藉著他所造的---但現在，耶穌成為人。
我學習希臘語時，會用一些可笑的事加強我的記憶。比如“肉身”在希臘文發音與“性”相近，這是一種滑稽的聯想…但約翰在這裡使用這詞是相當有深意的。
神不只是宇宙中的某種力量或規則，也不只是一束光…如今, 與我們遙遠的神成為了肉身。這不像是一個靈附著在機器上…約翰用“肉身”形容神真實地成為了人。
神成為了人，不是假裝成為人，不是進入一個人的身體裡面，而是真真實實地成為了人。這是巨大的轉變，神尋求與被造物的和好關係，總是與人互動。他在舊約中把自己啟示給摩西和別人，但總是以靈的形式，以短暫的方式，是無法觸及的，不像人與人接觸的方式…而我們看見耶穌，他曾經是個靈，如今是人的樣式。
這值得我們停頓。當摩西在出埃及記33章有限地看見神，人們停下來敬拜；當我們認識道---耶穌成為肉身，該是何等地震撼！我們應當停下來，應當敬拜他！
耶穌成為了…道成肉身。
論述 #2, 耶穌住在
- 耶穌住在
居住在我們中間
“居住在我們中間” 字面的意思是 “在棚中居住”或 “住在帳篷中”。約翰故意使用這詞，為要喚起猶太人熟悉的場景。以色列人離開埃及後，神要摩西建造帳幕， 在出25：8， 神說：“我要住在他們中間。”
在帳幕中，神常常以耀眼的雲彩顯現，猶太人稱這雲為“榮耀”。沒有人見過神，雲彩隱藏了他的榮耀，但神的同在就在那裡，神與他們同行。他們看見帳幕就知道帳篷和雲就是神與百姓同在的記號。
他們走到哪裡就把帳幕帶到哪裡；他們去哪裡，神就去哪裡；這是一種可見的提示，神在他的子民中間。
事實上，帳幕也遮掩了神，帳幕的設置讓神是不可觸及的；對百姓來說，帳幕只是神的標記…但不管怎麼說，聖經的神並非高高在上，只是處理天堂的事而遠離人煙。神與他子民同在---在他們的困苦中，神沒有離棄他們。
我們再回到14節，你看到新時代的帳幕一詞的用法了嗎？神常與子民同在---但如今不是只在帳幕，不是一個記號，而是有血有肉的同在。
道成肉身住在我們中間…不再是帆布帳幕，這帳幕現在是有血肉的耶穌。神以肉身與我們親近，與我們一樣。神現在是血肉之軀，是豐滿真實的，不再是無形的。
這值得我們停頓。神以肉身的形式住在人的帳篷裡。
這就是耶誕節！耶誕節是關於神道成肉身與你我同在，不是僅僅訪問我們，不是僅僅一個記號而已…神成為真實生命，有心跳的人---是完全的神和完全的人。
故事：我的繼父 本傑明
當他來與我們同住時，我們的家改變了。他的到來不再是偶爾的訪問，他住進了我們家，並帶來每件事的改變。這使我不得不停頓---一個以前不屬於這裡的人在這裡了---這對我是有破壞性的，他的來臨立即打破了家中的一切環境。
耶穌來了，住在我們中間。他是真實的，與我們同在。當我們意識到整個事實，就會立即看見改變。
盼望這一點使你這個耶誕節得以休止下來…
今天要講的第三條真理就是耶穌顯現。
論述#3， 耶穌顯現
- 耶穌顯現
我們看到了他的榮耀，正是從父而來的獨生子的榮耀，充滿了恩典和真理。
這周我和格裡高利一起談論經文，他說他讀到這部分時感到一種“爆破力”。
“我們看到了他的榮耀 !!!!!”
“耶穌的榮耀就是神兒子的榮耀 !!!!!!!”
“充滿了恩典和真理 !!!!!!!!!!!”
這讀起來就是見證! 這不是約翰的神學論文，而是他活生生的見證。耶穌向約翰顯現，約翰看見了他，看見了他的榮光！
這一節帶來了停頓，要我們進一步瞭解…這怎麼可能？我想知道更多的故事…想更瞭解耶穌…有太多需要瞭解的！
耶穌將自己和自己的榮耀向人顯現，他不是不可見的，不是抽象的，他真實看見。榮耀一詞指的是神的顯現和能力以看得見的方式彰顯。耶穌不是一個哲學或學科供人研究，他是道成為的肉身…約翰看見了，並觸摸、經歷了完全的神，也是完全的神的耶穌。
因著耶穌顯現…當你看到耶穌，就看到上帝；當你聽到耶穌的教導，就聽到上帝的教導；當你經歷耶穌，就是經歷上帝。在耶穌裡，我們看見了上帝---因為耶穌彰顯了上帝的榮耀。
這榮耀不是只有約翰看見，耶穌今天仍然在彰顯…他依然帶給人生命的安息…
故事：我在臉書工作的高中朋友，看到耶穌的榮光
再過兩周，我們將透過洗禮看見這一切都是真的，像約翰一樣，今天人們仍然得以看見耶穌的榮光！
這就是耶誕節，道成肉身彰顯了神的榮耀！
你從耶穌經歷了這一切嗎？
這又意味著什麼？
應用
耶穌超越耶誕節的故事和傳統
耶穌在這裡，他是真實的，他有使命，他的使命就是邀請你成為其一部分。
他像對約翰一樣，將自己顯示給眾人。所有的受造之物都當像約翰歡呼：“我看見了他的榮光！！！”
我生命中的神的榮耀：
離婚，受傷，心碎，失敗，死亡---但我看見了神的榮光
你的呢?
耶穌個人性地與我們親近
耶穌不是高高在上的神
耶穌不是要我們通過苦幹去接近上帝，耶穌就是主動接近我們的上帝。耶穌住在我們中間…他與我們同在，就在這裡。他對你的愛使他道成肉身；他與你建立關係的激情有了今天的耶誕節…耶誕節是關於道成肉身，關乎神個人性地與我們親近…他成為人，説明我們認識他的奇妙。
他知道我們…他知道一切。
耶穌知道
耶穌知道他的來臨對人類的意義，他知道我們的痛苦；他不是訪問肉體的人，而是成為肉體的人。耶穌不是與我們相似，而是與我們親近：是瞭解我們情感、經歷的親近，是認同我們的親近。耶穌認識你---他要得到你，他愛你；他沒有拒絕你的人性和屬肉體的敗壞，他來要救贖我們、拯救我們。
這就是為什麼耶誕節如此有影響力---道成肉身---以完全的肉身方式接近我們…他瞭解人類，他沒有離開我們。
總結：
你生命中的休止符有什麼價值？在經歷特別的愛時…耶誕節？
道成肉身是什麼時候…
抽象的成為具體的
不可見的成為看見的
無形的成為可觸摸的
這就是耶誕節，是一個慶祝道成肉身的日子！
想想看，神能以任何形式降臨…但他選擇了肉身---而這改變了世界，改變了生命，也改變了我的生活…
我們當休止於此，我要選一首歌幫助我們反思神藉著基督所彰顯的大愛---反思耶穌是如何來到這世界…