1. Incarnation: from the Latin “carnis” meaning flesh  It refers to God taking on human flesh and becoming man in Jesus Christ.

2. The Annunciation The angel Gabriel told Mary that she was going to conceive a son, the Son of God, Jesus.

3. Jesus is both fully human and fully divine (fully God) (100% Human+ 100% Divine =Jesus)

4. Jesus was like us in all things EXCEPT sin Through the person of Jesus, the invisible God becomes visible. He becomes human just like us. He walked in the path of humanity with us. As Jesus was fully human He experienced: happiness, joy, abandonment, suffering, and even death.

5. Why did God have to become man? God had to reveal Himself to us so that we could: a)come to know who God is - we could never know who God was unless He showed us who He was b) come to know what is necessary for salvation - He taught us how to live so we could have eternal life

6. God became like us, so we could become more like Him. God Humanity

7. What can the Incarnation tell us about God and Humanity God loves and values humanity so much that the Son of God became fully human

8. Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.