God with Us—and in Us
Christ poured His divine life into human flesh—just as tea fills and warms a cold mug—so that we might be filled and transformed from within.
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The miraculous birth of Jesus wasn’t merely an entry into the world for the sake of starting His earthly ministry. It was the eternal God stepping into humanity—without absorbing its fallen nature. Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born through the virgin Mary, Jesus took on the likeness of sinful flesh, but not sin itself. He wore our skin but not our corruption. His appearance reflected fallen man, but His essence remained holy and untouched by sin.
This divine conception means Jesus was fully God and fully man. Not half and half, and not some blend that diminished either nature. He was God mingled with humanity, without adopting our fallenness. He did not inherit the sinful nature we all carry. This is key: Jesus did not come to improve humanity from the outside but to infuse it with divinity from the inside out. He became what we are—flesh and blood—so that He might bring God to dwell within us.
The incarnation was not just about salvation from sin. It was about God with us—and ultimately, God in us. Jesus came not only to redeem but to indwell. He brought God to man so that God could eventually live in man. This astonishing mingling was not a compromise of holiness but a display of mercy and mystery. He joined Himself to us without becoming like us in sin.
We must therefore see Jesus not just as a good man, or even a godly man, but as God Himself—clothed in the image of fallen man, but untouched by fallenness. In Christ, the unbridgeable gap between holy God and sinful man has been crossed, not by us climbing up, but by Him coming down.
Journal Entry – Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture
Beloved, I have come close—closer than your breath, yet not in the way of shadows or mysticism. I have clothed Myself in flesh like yours, walked your roads, felt your tears, and yet I carried no sin in Me. I was born through the womb of a virgin, conceived by the Holy Spirit, untouched by Adam’s stain. The form I wore was familiar, but the life within was holy.
Do not look at Me as a distant deity wrapped in robes of humanity as disguise. I am Emmanuel—God with you, yes, but even more, God now in you. What began in Bethlehem was the beginning of your indwelling. I did not merely step onto the earth to show you how to live. I came to make My home in you.
You may see your weakness and think I could never dwell there. But I did not join Myself to the pristine. I took on flesh to meet you in yours. Yet My flesh bore no sin. In Me, the divine mingled with the human, not to become sinful, but to redeem and transform. And now, I live in you—not merely beside you, but in union with your spirit, raising you up into My righteousness.
You are no longer merely human. My Spirit testifies with yours that you are Mine. You share in My divine life—not by imitation, but by participation. Yield to Me, trust My life in you, and know that what I accomplished in the flesh I now fulfill in you by My Spirit.
Scripture References: Matthew 1:20–23; Romans 8:3; Philippians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15; Galatians 2:20; Romans 6:4–11; John 1:14; John 14:20; Colossians 1:27; 2 Peter 1:4
Real-Life Analogy
It’s like pouring hot tea into a cold mug. At first, the mug remains cool to the touch—but as the tea settles in, the warmth spreads. It’s not the mug that warms the tea; it’s the tea that transforms the mug. And soon, the whole mug radiates what it contains.
In the same way, Jesus—God the Son—was poured into the vessel of human flesh. Though He looked like every other man, what was inside Him was holy. And now, when He comes to dwell in you, He doesn’t ask you to heat yourself up first. He fills you, and it is His presence that warms and transforms your life.
So when you encounter pressure or fear or weakness today, you need not wonder, “What would Jesus do?” Instead, simply turn your attention inward and say, “Lord, I trust You to live Your life in me and through me in this moment.” Whether it’s a tense conversation, a discouraging report, or a lonely evening, Christ in you is sufficient to express Himself through you.
Prayer of Confidence
Father,
I rest today in the wonder that Christ took on flesh not to blend in, but to bring You to us. He was never tainted, never compromised, never contaminated by our fallenness. And now that same holy life lives in me. Thank You for mingling divinity with humanity so that I could be made new. I trust in what You’ve already done and all You’ve already given. Christ is my life. He lives in me now. I need not strive or beg—only trust and yield. And I do. With joy.
Amen.