"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth" (John 1:1,14).
I recently heard a young Christian describe the incarnation (a latin term meaning to take on flesh) in the following way: "God quit being God to become man so that he might die for our sins." Now, God did become man to die for our sin but he did not quit being God when he became man. In the gospel of Matthew we read, "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" (Matthew 1:23).
Let me repeat, Jesus didn't quit being God when he came to the earth. Jesus was still fully God and fully man. Jesus was the God man. God was God without being man. But there was never a time when God was a man without being God. God in the flesh was born of a virgin. God in the flesh chose to suffer and die on a cross to save us from sin. And God in the flesh rose again for our justification. Amen and Amen!
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