The Word became flesh. So why does John tell the Christmas story this way? He's trying to reach as a large an audience as possible. He gives us cosmic Christmas.

John used the word "word," or "logos" in Greek. This would have been a familiar concept for John's readers. The word, or logos, is the rational principle behind the entire universe - it gives the universe its reasonableness. You could say that the logos is what holds the universe together and makes things make sense.

That word became flesh. It would have blown the minds of his readers. He wants them to know that the one who created the universe became part of the universe in becoming human. And that has implications.

1) Our bodies matter - they are good - just as they've been created. We grow up learning the lesson that our bodies are bad and that we're just souls trapped in a meat puppet. Nope, Jesus took on flesh - our bodies and all of creation are good.

2) It means we have comfort in our suffering. Jesus experienced pain and loss just like we do.

3) We have hope for the future. God forever connected God's divinity with our humanity. Died and rose again. SO we have that hope. Yeah, Easter on Christmas.

So why did God do it? Love.

Speaker: Aaron Vis

Scripture: John 1:1-14

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