Advent — The Advent of Christ

This Christmas message defines the season simply: the Creator came to be with us in human form so that we might know him. From John 1 , the Word who made all things took on flesh and made his dwelling among us. The contrast is with every other religion, summarized as “DO” — what we must perform to earn God. Christianity is “DONE” — what Christ has accomplished through his life, death, and resurrection. We become children of God only through the Son. Before Jesus, God's presence was terrifying — Abraham's vision, Moses' veiled face, the high priest with a rope around his ankle. The humility of the Christ child sends the opposite message: we may now draw near with security, not condemnation, to the God who has always been in the business of revealing himself.