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Meyer, Daniel - When God Bent Down

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When God Bent Down
by Daniel Meyer
Text: John 1:14
Topic: Why Christ came
Big Idea: Christ stooped so low to show us his unimaginable glory.
Keywords: Christ, humanity of; Christ, substitute for humanity; Christmas; God, glory of; God, greatness of; Glory; Humility; Sacrifice


Introduction:
  • Before anything else existed, the infinite, perfect God manifested his own glory.
God's glory is beyond anything we can imagine.
  • There is absolute communion and contentment and joy within the life of God himself.
  • Only in understanding the magnitude of God's glory can we begin to appreciate Christmas.
God stooped all the way down to take up life in our neighborhood.
  • Illustration: Eugene Peterson's translation of John 1:14.
  • Illustration: Meyer describes his neighborhood and his reticence to leave a comfortable environment.
  • Christ took off divine robes and put on rags.
  • Christ stooped all the way to death.
  • Illustration: Surgeon Richard Seltzer witnessed a husband's love in accommodating his wife's deformity.
  • God reshaped himself in order to kiss a disfigured earth with his grace.
Conclusion:
  • Philippians 2:1–11
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