Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful
Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
born this happy morning;
Jesus, to
thee be all glory given,
Word of the
Father, now in flesh appearing.
Oh, come, let
us adore him, Christ the Lord.
"In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was God," says St. John in the prologue to his gospel (1:1). And
what a mighty Word he is! Words communicate important information. In person
Jesus came to reveal the true God to mankind: a God who is kind, wise,
omnipotent, and who loves people.
When Satan outs himself, when he and his
demons take possession of a human being, they abuse and destroy. Jesus' humble
presence in his little manger is a foretaste of his humility on the cross, the
mighty work through which God's wrath was diverted from us onto himself, and
through which God's favor was diverted from him onto us. By faith, all ye
faithful, ye can experience this amazing swap--you give Christ all your sins
and he gives you the Father's forgiveness.
What can we say in response to this but
glory be to God in the highest! What can we do but worship him. Oh, come, let
us adore him,
Christ, the Lord!
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