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John chapter 1 verse 14 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.

Oh, there's like of grace and truth.

Oh, there's like 50 sermons in this one verse.

Like how do you just meditate on one part of it. I mean every word here, every phrase,

we could soak in for a long time.

So big picture, I would just encourage you today as we pray and meditate on this

verse particularly in this advent season, to realize this is the most

astounding miracle I would submit in all of the Bible.

That God has become flesh.

That God has become man, that God has come to us. You think about it, all the miracles

Jesus did really aren't that surprising once you realize he's God in the flesh.

Is it that surprising that he walks on water?

Like that seems pretty miraculous until you realize well it is the God who created the water

and the water obeys him so it's not too startling that he would walk on it.

Or is it that startling that he would feed over 5,000 people with just a little bit of

bread and fish? Well, I mean, yes, it's miraculous until you realize, ah, God created

the stomachs of the people who are eating that food and the food itself. He's the one who

nourishes us, so, I mean yes it's a miracle but the miracle

that's even greater than that is this is God in the flesh even the resurrection is that that startling to believe

that Jesus rose from the dead when you realize he's the Lord of life and death. He rules over at all. This is the most astounding miracle in all the Bible,

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