October 20, 2019: What Does it Matter Anyway – Amanda Lum

“Test the spirits,” says John. And how do we do that? By observing whether they acknowledge Jesus actually came in the flesh. There is a near constant insistence from the writers of the Christian Scriptures and the Early Church that Jesus was the divine in real skin and bone as evidenced in all the early creeds. Which raises the question, “Why did (and does) Jesus being real flesh matter so much?

What’s fascinating is there are multiple answers to that question. Ultimately, it points toward the union promised us as humans, a union God longs to have with this physical world. Athanasius summed it up saying, "God has become man, so that man might become God." It points toward the reality of the deep love God has for this good, physical world. In the incarnation, God said this world is still good.