Incarnation Of Christ In The Gospel Of John

Incarnation of Christ

In the Gospel of John, John immediately declares Jesus as the living God. Jesus Christ is God manifested in the flesh (John 1:14). Later, the apostle Paul in the book of Philippians writes that Jesus Christ, who was in the form of God, emptied himself and took the form of a servant (Phi. 2:7). The significance of God incarnation is the fleshly need to be sacrificed for the sins of the world so through Christ the world might be saved. Ultimately, the crucifixion, death, and resurrection of God the Son reconciled the world to God and it would have not been so if Christ did not take on the likeness of men.

John 1:1-8

There are several statements that John decrees in the prologue of the synoptic John. He decrees that Jesus

Paul states that Jesus was in the form of God, but He humbled himself and took the form of a servant (Phi. 2:7). As a servant, Jesus was obedient to the will of God, so far that He willingly died on the cross. For this reason, Jesus' name is exalted above every other name, and one day, every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. Whether people choose to believe in Jesus or not, they will have no choice but to bow down to the Lord Jesus. Although Jesus was in the form of God, He did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped (Phi. 2:6). As fully man and fully God, Jesus encountered and endured the trials and temptations man encounters and fails to endure. He was starving, thirsty, without bed, and yet, He did not sin. 1 Corinthians 5:21 states, "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." The thing to be grasped is that Jesus in His deity did not sin, but He became sin. He bore the punishment for man's sin and for that He did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, because it was His

He is worthy to be praised and He will be praised. John and the Apostle Paul both explain that Jesus was in the form of God, but He became flesh. He was born in the likeness of men, He walked among men, and He died for men. Jesus was God manifested in the flesh as emphasized in John 17. However, whereas John 1:1-8 mentions the origin of Jesus, Philippians 2:5-11 mentions the acts of Jesus. Philippians 2:5-11 continues the concept of Jesus being light as found in John 1:4-5, by stating that He not only emptied Himself, but humbled Himself. The darkness of the world is selfishness, but true light shines when men walk in humility and Jesus himself walked in humility, for He did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped. How many people can truly deny themselves for the sake of a fallen world, and be obedient, even willing, to die for the person who sinned against