The Word Made Flesh (John 1:1-14)

I found it interesting that Christmas fell on a Sunday this year, but what may have been more interesting is the reaction many people had to having service on Christmas day.  My rebuttal was usually in the vein of, "Well, if you don't want to come to church on Christmas, then don't."  That might seem a bit blunt, but honestly, we as Christians are challenged to a deeper relationship with God through Jesus Christ than simply indulging in the gluttony of Christmas gift-giving.  After all, what gift could possibly top the gift of eternal life in Christ Jesus?  None that I can think of.  Through the opening stanzas of John's gospel we hear the incredible truth that Jesus is God, and that God became flesh and dwelt among us.  It's a startling revelation that, once we as Christians fully understand it, we are never the same.

Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on Christmas Day, 2016