Merry Christmas!

Meditation: from The Fountain of Life by 17th century British minister John Flavel, in his chapter considering the birth of Christ from the text John 1:14, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us...”

“He that undertakes to satisfy God, by obedience for man's sin, must himself be God; and he that performs such a perfect obedience, by doing, and suffering all that the law required, in our room, must be man. These two natures must be united in one person, else there could not be a concourse or co-operation of either nature in his mediatory works. How these natures are united, in the wonderful person of our Immanuel, is the first part of the great mystery of godliness; a subject studied and adored by angels!”