Wonder of Grace

This past week of my Luke study involved going through the birth of Christ.  Let me share something that MacArthur said about Jesus and the significance of His birth...

"When Jesus came into the world then He came in the most comfortless conditions...smelly, filthy...this is the wonder of grace though, isn't it?  And this is part of the story that when God came down He came all the way down.  He thought His equality with God was not something to be held on to but He gave it up and humbled Himself and He humbled Himself all the way down...not just to a stinking stable but to become a substitute  for stinking sinners and bear the stench of our guilt in His own body.  He came down to the poor and the lowly and the humble and the base and the wicked.  He came down to the common people to bring His glorious salvation.  It was fitting, in a sense, then that He was born in a stinking, smelly stable because what smelled far worse to the nostrils of God than the odor of animals is the odor of sinners.  He sent the Savior all the way down into the lives of the lowly and the whole picture of that scene is a metaphor for the stench of sin which Jesus bore in His own body."

How awesome is that?  He came down into this crap hole to give us hope, bring grace and offer the free gift of salvation!  That's just good stuff guys.

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