1. God Made Visible John 1:14-18

2. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. …And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known. (John 1:14, 16-18)

3. You must understand why it is that the Word of the Father, so great and so high, has been made manifest (visible) in a human body. (It is) out of the love and goodness of His Father, for our salvation….the renewal of the creation has been accomplished through the same Word Who made it in the beginning. Athanasius, On The Incarnation (318 AD)

4. Incarnation “In the incarnation, God identifies with humans – all humans in all the dimensions of human life – to bring humans grace. “The Creat or becomes like the creat ed to give new life to creat ion. “He becomes what we are so we can become what he is.” Scot McKnight C. S. Lewis Is Theology Poetry?

5. We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible; And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, Begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, Begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and was made man…

6. God ~ Philanthropos “lover of Mankind”

7. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God John 1:10-12