In today's day and age, there are a multitude of questions that surrounds the Christian faith, and one of those questions this post is going to address pertains to the incarnation (God made flesh) of Jesus. If Jesus is God as he claimed to be in John 8:58 where he told the Jews, "before Abraham was born, I Am," then why did God become a man? Why would a perfect God step off his glorious throne in heaven and come down and dwell among a wicked people? For some, this might not make any sense.

Well, there are five reasons why God became a man through Jesus Christ. The first reason why God became a man was to reconnect the broken relationship between God and humanity that occurred in the Garden of Eden. We have to remember that once Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating the forbidden fruit, not only did they break the relationship like how a couple may break their relationship because of infidelity, but they were unable to restore that relationship back together. Why? Because the act of disobedience put humanity in a fallen state where only an unfallen God could repair it. For example, once a rock falls completely to the ground, the rock is incapable of picking itself back up into the air, right? The fallen rock would need an external factor to lift it off the ground. Well, the same concept applies to humanity. Once Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden, they were like the fallen rock unable to lift themselves up from their own sin. They needed an external factor, an unfallen God to lift them up from their sin, which is why God became a man. Paul says in Romans 5:11, "but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." Which means that through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we now have reconciliation with God where our relationship with God has been restored, repaired, redeemed, and reconnected. But, the only way to receive this reconciliation is belief in the One God has sent (John 6:29).

The second, third, and fourth reasons why God became man are detailed in Hebrews 2:14-18; "Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants. For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted."

Essentially, God became a man not only to repair the broken relationship, but to also destroy the power of the devil, to liberate those who lived their lives in fear of death, to make atonement for our sins, and to help those who are being tempted. Wow! God did all of this for us??? Let me get this right… God stepped off his throne in heaven, put on the flesh of mankind, walked in the wilderness for 40 days, dealt with several temptations by Satan, betrayed by his own family, betrayed by his own friends, suffered so much anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane that he sweated drops of blood, arrested by the Romans authorities, tried by the Jewish Sanhedrin, remained silent against his accusers, suffered severe mutilation, crucified by Pontius Pilate, and buried in a tomb of the dead. Jesus did all of this so he can help those who are being tempted??? MY GOD! Jesus did all of this for you so that whenever you are being tempted or whenever you are suffering from something in your life, you have someone you can look up ^ to that can relate to everything you are going through! I mean how awesome is it to know that we serve a God who knows, who has been through, and who can relate to exactly what you are going through in your life…  Who is the son of man that You care for him that much that You would send your one and only Son down into the world to suffer and to die by the hands of his own creation? The ultimate and fifth answer to why God would do such a thing to become a man is all because of LOVE folks! I repeat, it was all because of LOVE folks! Romans 5:8 says, "but God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."  

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