Packer: the fantastic Incarnation

Sunday, December 15, 2024
    Advent III
Meditation:
    Moved by the Spirit, [Simeon] went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
    “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.”
    —Luke 2:27-32 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, unable to do more than lie and stare and wriggle and make noises, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child... The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as is this truth of the incarnation.
    ... James I. Packer (1926-2020), Knowing God, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1973, p. 46 (see the book)
    See also Luke 2:27-32; Isa. 53:2; Matt. 1:25; 9:10; Luke 2:6-7,16-18,36-38,52; 4:1-2; 24:41-42; John 1:14; Heb. 2:14-18; 1 John 1:1-2
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You have known our life. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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