My brethren in the Christian faith, stand with me in defense of this basic doctrine: The living God did not degrade Himself in the Incarnation. When the Word was made flesh, there was no compromise on God’s part! It is plain in the ancient Athanasian Creed that the early church fathers were cautious at this point of doctrine. They would not allow us to believe that God, in the Incarnation, became flesh by a coming down of the Deity into flesh, but rather by the taking of mankind into God. That is the wonder of redemption! In the past, the mythical gods of the nations were not strangers to compromise. But the holy God who is God, our heavenly Father, could never compromise Himself! He remained ever God and everything else remained not God. That gulf still existed even after Jesus Christ had become man and dwelt among us. This much, then, we can know about the acts of God—He will never back out of His bargain. This amazing union of man with God is effected unto perpetuity!
Verse
For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Colossians 2:9
Thought
The living God did not degrade Himself in the Incarnation. When the Word was made flesh, there was no compromise on God’s part!
Prayer
Lord, I am amazed, and do not claim to understand how You could take on the form of man and yet still be completely yourself. Though I do not understand, I am truly thankful, because it allowed me to know You better.