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Jesus became flesh What it means Why He did that How is it God’s kindness

March 30, 2022 • Nancy Teague • Episode 8

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#08 Jesus became flesh, does that mean Jesus became a human being? Nope. It’s much bigger than that. To know what flesh really means, we might think – “Why would He even want to do that?!” Jesus becoming flesh, in its fullness, shows how much He enjoys us, cares about us, and wants us whole. Jesus’s ‘fleshness’ glaringly exposes the traditional religious distance of God and separation with man. In addition, the light shining in the darkness and Jesus becoming flesh shows how crazy in love God is with the whole wide world!

Episode 08 The Word Became Flesh Just Like Us What Does That Mean

Speaker 1: (00:16)
Hi there. Welcome to crazy. Good God. I'm Nancy. Thanks for listening to know more about me, the crazy good God podcast and platforms for listening. Go to www crazy good god.org. Please follow me and share these episodes. They really are life giving jaw dropping. Good news. The more you listen, the more your jaw will drop, but it does require some processing because our religious mindsets really do get in the way of the pure good news to recap. The previous episode, number seven, we were in John chapter one versus one and two. And we looked at who made everything and where the who manifested himself. It really was in a strange place that we just wonder, why did he do that? These truths expose the wrong thinking of a distant God mindset. You know, John's letters are all about in, within inside. And Jesus even said in John 14, 20, you all, all of you will know this truth. It will be revelation. And it will happen to everyone at just the perfect time for each person.

Speaker 1: (01:48)
In spite of the fact that darkness continues to manifest in our world, bringing heartache and loss and anger and neglect and domination and control and just meanness -, God wants us to know and be encouraged that something profound is going on in the midst of all this darkness, the light shines in the darkness. That's just so crazy! And as that light shines in the darkness, God is comforting, delivering, transforming, healing. He does things in a very humble, profound way. Now here's a really good scripture that shows how God feels about light and darkness. It's the somsPsalmist who got a revelation of what God thinks about light and darkness. Psalm 1 39 verse 11. If I say, surely the darkness shall fall on me, even the night shall be light about me. Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night shines as the day, the darkness and the light are both alike to you.

Speaker 1: (03:08)
What a revelation! Oh, that we could get that today. Now, here are dynamics of why the light shines:m God so loved the world. Jn 3:16. God sent His Son into the world, not to condemn or judge it, but to save it and make it whole. John 3:17 Jesus is the light of the world. The whole big wide world! There is no darkness, too dark for Him. John 8:12 The darkness of the world cannot overcome the light nor even understand it. It's like the darkness is blind, but that does not stop God from shining and caring and wanting us free, which is the essence of our true identity.

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Why would God condemn? If He loves the world and His Son shines in the dark world. Now here's a passage that shows God is not into condemning, but connecting. Isaiah 65:24 Before they call, I will answer. Romans 10: 20. I was found by those who did not seek me. I was made manifest to those who did not ask for me. So take heart. Do not fear, do not worry. The world is a mess! There's lots of darkness, but the light shines. It's just beyond our mind to get that. Do we really understand what John means? When he says the light shines? It's a present tense. It's not, maybe will shine when things get better, or I'm busy right now with a bigger darkness. And I don't have time to shine over there, or I'm just waiting for that perfect moment to shine. Where God might say, I'm tired of shining because nobody is getting it or ever will get it. Or maybe He might think these people here, they don't deserve my light. After all, look at what they're doing.

Speaker 1: (05:35)
We just have to realize that's not God. That is not God! So in John 1:10 it says He was in the world and the world was made through Him and the world did not know Him, but that didn't stop God's eternal plan and purpose to reconcile the cosmos for goodness sake! So not only does the light shine in the darkness, the light, the word became flesh. John 1:14 And the word became flesh and dwelt among us. And we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth. What does that mean? Jesus became flesh. Traditionally, we say Jesus became a man, so He could die and save those who would: #1 believe in him. #2 confess their sins. #3 ask for forgiveness. #4 ask Him into their heart. #5 make him Lord of your life.

Speaker 1: (06:43)
And this last step might come later. If you're struggling as a believer, Jesus becoming flesh is way more than that. It's more profound. It's more wondrous, more invasive, more inclusive, more identifying, more welcoming for the whole wide world. Not only did John progressively grasp that Jesus was God as we read through his gospel, but he also witnessed Jesus' suffering death. Resurrection, Ascension John and others truly be held his glory. The glory of the only begotten from the bossom of the Father, from the intimate relationship, a heart connection full of grace and truth. Now, when they beheld that glory - in the Greek - to contemplate as a spectator, to observe so intently in order to grasp its significance. And I think John beheld a lot when Jesus became flesh. The word became is that word 'genomai' that I've spoken about before - the base of that word is finished.

Speaker 1: (07:56)
When Jesus became flesh, it's like he finished all of who He was ever meant to be. 'Genomai' also means to come into being, it has to do with origin, it has to do with a transition from one point or realm or condition to another, a change of place or a state of condition. And when Jesus became flesh, the word flesh in the Greek is sarkes. It means carnal, of the flesh. It's not anthropos, the Greek anthropos, which means man. Jesus became flesh, part of the weakness that humanity struggles with. And yet he was without sin. And when he became flesh, it says he dwelt among us. The word dwelt in the Greek means to dwell as in a tent, to have my tabernacle. God's not into fancy temples and cathedrals and that kind of thing. He's very happy in a tent.

Speaker 1: (08:59)
And each one of us is like a tent, a tabernacle for him. In fact, Paul writes in Corinthians about, do you not know you are a temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells in you? It's like, yikes, do we know that? So Jesus became flesh and dwelt among us. Now here's a keyword among, it's always spelled out among in the translations. The Greek word is 'en'. And it properly means in inside, within, in the real or sphere of as in a condition or state in which something operates on the inside, within, in the interior of some whole. So when Jesus came here and became flesh, he showed up inside of us. He was among, granted, he walked around, talked to people, hung out, did all kinds of wonderful things, but he also in a mystery was inside humanity.

Speaker 1: (10:09)
Our mind cannot get that! So Jesus not only became like our weak flesh. He also dwelt in us - so much for distance. Seriously, so much for asking Jesus into our life. Paul speaks of the treasure in earthen vessels. His body took on all our weaknesses, our carnality, our flesh. And again, without sin. By becoming flesh, Jesus took on man's full identity - in all our confusion, rejections, pain, loss, suffering grief. If Jesus identified with all of humanity in its carnality, how can anybody believe that some won't be saved or don't deserve salvation? If Jesus did not identify with all mankind's history past present, future, all of our brokenness, our darkness, our ignorance are blindness, then hH could not save the world. We spoke earlier about God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, to condemn it, but to deliver it, to rescue it, to make it whole Jesus could not have reconciled the world with God, unless He had totally identified and taken all of our sins in His body.

Speaker 1: (11:54)
Jesus' fleshness', if you will, declares fallen, humanity is not separated from God and God is not separated from man. They are joined to us through it all. The Trinity enjoys us even in the midst of our messes. They don't want us to stay in the messes, but they see this treasure. They know what they made in their image and likeness. Now our focus is so earth centered. It makes it hard to believe that He could be that nice or that good or that caring. There's a whole nother realm that is more real than this visible realm! And we came from that other realm! By becoming flesh, becoming just like us. Jesus showed us

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He really is all about relationship. And He will have relationship and he does have relationship with us. And what he's doing is, "Hey, I've got relationship with you. Come on in, have my relationship.

Speaker 1: (13:08)
You don't have to work at making a relationship. Just have mine." Jesus came to show us who we are. You wanna know who you are. Jesus is saying, "Look at me. I look just like you. And I like the way you look." And we can identify with him because he looks like us. There's a commonality. He shows us He's really in love with mankind, with every single person. Even if there are little pistols out there, God goes, "I see the treasure. And I want you to see the treasure." Jesus is the one who made all things and He looks at us and He sees His reflection. Even if we can't - oh, to see the depths of Jesus becoming flesh and that His light shines in the darkness, it is profound! And he wants us to get it. Now, episode nine, we're gonna thank God for Nicodemus! Maybe you have considered Nicodemus or have your own personal opinions about him. But I think you're going to be surprised about who this person is and what happened to him in his visit with Jesus. So until next Wednesday - Bliss to you, and never forget, He is absolutely crazy about you!