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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from the Benham’s
Rev. Flip Benham • 1/2/2009
 Left to right: Craig (son-in-law), Jason, David, Jonathan, Tracy, Jake, Tori (daughter-in-law), Faye, Ava Rose, Lori (daughter-in-law), Bailey, Allie, Trae, Cameron, Flip, Abby, Ella, Ty
When dedicating the recently finished temple in Jerusalem, King Solomon queried of God, “But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built.” I Kings 8:27. King Solomon was in awe that the God of heaven and earth would desire to dwell with us. The answer to Solomon’s question was expressed most perfectly and eloquently in John 1:14, “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and only, who has come from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Christmas brings those of us who claim Christ back to this simple yet magnificent thought. The Word became flesh. Theology became biography. God is with us. We are not alone. No matter how dire our circumstances, how far we have fallen, how deep the pit – Jesus is deeper still. He is the greatest gift ever given, and millions, throughout the ages of history, testify to this truth. He did more for me in one divine moment than the psychiatrists could do in a bazillion hours of counseling. I couldn’t be fixed, yet He fixed me. I couldn’t be free from the guilt of my past, yet He liberated me. He set me free from my sin and from my naturally selfish self. No amount of money, no amount of education, no amount of fame, no amount of technology, no amount of anything, could do this. I find myself saying only this, “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” 2 Corinthians 9:15. |
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