CHAPTER ONE

IN HIS INCARNATION

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Scripture Reading: John 1:1, 14; 1 Tim. 3:16; Rom. 8:3; Isa. 9:6; Luke 1:35; Matt. 1:20

OUTLINE

1. The move of God in man being unprecedented in history:
1. Before incarnation God moved only with men and among men.
2. From incarnation God moved mainly in man.
2. God's move with men and among men:
1. Being not the direct move to carry out His eternal economy for Christ and the church.
2. But the indirect move in His old creation for the preparation of His direct move in His new creation for His eternal economy.
3. God's move in His incarnation—John 1:1, 14:
1. Coming from eternity into time.
2. Coming with His divinity to enter into humanity.
3. To mingle divinity with humanity into one entity, keeping the two elements distinguishable in the one entity and without producing a third element.
4. All the Divine Trinity participating in the incarnation:
1. Being the incarnation of Christ as God—1 Tim. 3:16; John 1:1, 14.
2. Being the incarnation of the Son of God—Rom. 8:3.
3. God the Father having participated in the incarnation—Isa. 9:6.
4. God the Spirit having joined the incarnation—Luke 1:35; Matt. 1:20.