God In A Manger (Pack Of 25)

God In a Manger Christmas has become such a monumental event that it?s almost too big to define. There are parties, programs, concerts, extravagant gifts, and lighted drive-through neighborhood displays with thousands of lights. We try to simplify the phenomenon the season commemorates by merely saying ?It?s all about baby Jesus.? Then we turn from the manger, thinking Ah, now I understand!?and go on with our festivities. But no. We don?t understand. It?s humanly impossible to understand what happened 2,000 years ago. Unless you understand who ?Little Baby Jesus? was and what he was up to before the day of his birth into humanity, you?ll never understand the angels? glorious celebration. It?s when God entered our little corner of the universe in an amazing way. The Bible explains what Jesus did this way: ?Christ Jesus?although He existed in the form of God?made himself nothing?being made in the likeness of men (Philippians 2:5-7). ?Made himself nothing? actually means ?emptied.? Like a leader of a wealthy country leaving all his position and authority and moving to an impoverished third-world country as a homeless man! In doing that he would be ?emptying? himself. But that everyday example of self-emptying transformation doesn?t even come close to what Christ did. Jesus didn?t just look li

Schaeffer, Dan