Here are some less used passages (we need not forget) dealing with Christ's birth/Incarnation. These tell less of 'what' and more of 'why'. The last one is a study in and of itself. Feel free to add your own.
[FONT=Georgia, serif]Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](1Ti 3:16)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Php 2:6-7)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Joh 1:14)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Heb 2:14)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Gal 4:4)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Rom 8:3)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Heb 10:5)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encircles a man."
(Jer 31:22)
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[FONT=Georgia, serif]Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](1Ti 3:16)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Php 2:6-7)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Joh 1:14)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Heb 2:14)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Gal 4:4)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Rom 8:3)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif](Heb 10:5)[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, serif]How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encircles a man."
(Jer 31:22)
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