Why God Became Human

December 1, 2024

Why God Became Human
To be with us
Isaiah 14:13-14 (NLT)
Matthew 1:18–25 (NLT)

1. Virgin Birth
- The virgin birth reveals that Jesus was both fully

and fully divine.
- The virgin birth reveals the depths of God’s

for humanity.
- The virgin birth reveals that Jesus was not descended from Adam, so he was not part of the curse of

that passed down from Adam.

2. Immanuel
- Immanuel means God with

.
- “God with us” in a way

any other time in the history of humanity.

3. Incarnation
- John 1:1–14 (NLT)
- Incarnation literally means embodied in

.
- Jesus

to space, matter, and time to be with us.
- The Word did not merely

a physical body to himself, He became flesh, entering personally and intimately into a human

.
- The One through whom all things were made entered the very realm of His

.
- The New Testament reveals that the Incarnation was no

experience for the Word. Neither the resurrection nor the ascension of Jesus serve to

His incarnation.