That message is loud and clear: that God became man and chose to be a poor deprived person in solidarity and oneness with the millions of deprived, suffering poor people, especially children in the world.
It's to show us who God is. God is on the side of and in solidarity with the poor. The world looks on the rich and powerful and well-established, and says that is what we should aim for, those are the ones with God's blessings. Jesus turns that upside down and preaches “blessed are the poor.” That's where you find God.
God planned for his Son to be born into poverty and pain, because that is where we were. God planned for his Son to be born without a home, so that you and I could have a home with him in heaven. The gospel is the majestic story of the condescension of God, in Jesus Christ, in order to accomplish our salvation.
Why did God choose for Jesus to be born in a stable?
The stable and manger are a reminder of Christ's humbleness. If Jesus had been born in a palace the shepherds and common people would not have had access to him. In a manger, all mankind have access to Jesus and the word of God.
Binet-Sanglé diagnosed Jesus as suffering from religious paranoia: In short, the nature of the hallucinations of Jesus, as they are described in the orthodox Gospels, permits us to conclude that the founder of Christian religion was afflicted with religious paranoia.
This may indicate that Saul's condition was more serious than depression. If the above two brief excerpts are accepted as signifying manic episodes, then perhaps Saul qualifies for a DSM–IV diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder.
He grew through a natural process of bringing in knowledge into His life along the way. It was a continual motion of growth in wisdom from a young child when first returning from Egypt to Nazareth. Luke 2:40 The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.
Why do you think Jesus chose to be born in a stable rather than a palace?
Stables were public places, places of commerce and business. What happens in a public place becomes a public event. The birth of Jesus was not intended for a select few but for all. This included the most common and humble of people.
Jesus had to be born because God wanted to reveal his own character to humanity. Embodied in God is the character “love.” And God demonstrated this character to man by giving his only begotten son. John 3:16. Jesus Christ had to be born to remove the sins of humans through a perfect sacrifice.
There was often very little separation from the sheep and the family. This is where Mary and Joseph stayed, among the sheep in the back part of the home. When Jesus was born, this little family wasn't sad and alone off in a stable far from their relatives. No, they were surrounded by family.
He calls a child to Him and puts that child in the middle of the group. He says they must become "like children" in order to enter the kingdom—a reference to humility and sincere obedience. The greatest is one who humbles himself in this way.
Jesus emptied himself and gave everything for us. Paul says that he “for our sake became poor so that by His poverty we might become rich.” Jesus gave everything away for us! He gave up his wealth, his reputation, his social position, and ultimately gave up his life on the cross.
The virgin birth explains how Jesus could be divine and human and sinless all at the same time. And that is what we have to have to be saved. We need a divine Savior, a human Savior, and a sinless Savior, to be saved.
Jesus said in Luke 18:24, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of heaven!” He did not say, “How hard it will be for those who love riches to get into the kingdom of heaven.” In other words, it's a warning about the danger of being rich, not just of wanting to be rich.
Additionally, the concept of Jesus' birth as a divine intervention to save humanity from sin is a fundamental aspect of Christian faith. Therefore, from a Christian perspective, Jesus' birth was not seen as deserving of lowliness, but rather as a profound and sacred event that reflected his divine nature and mission.
It pleases God to see the poor cared for (Deuteronomy 15:10-11; Proverbs 19:17). The poor are deserving of honor as people (1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 113:7-8) and are blessed as they realize their need for God (Matthew 5:3). God is the refuge of the poor (Isaiah 25:4) and desires their rescue from danger (Psalm 72:12).
Who wrote the Bible? Its books have no bylines. Tradition long identified Moses as the author of the Pentateuch, with Ezra as editor. Ancient readers also suggested that David wrote the psalms and Solomon wrote Proverbs and Qohelet.
Jesus was born to make humans holy and to sanctify us. It is fitting that God “should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source” (Heb 2:10c–11). The word “perfect” means complete, finished, reaching a goal.
While there are a couple of theories, the Bible doesn't speak to the specific time when Jesus was born, and historical accounts are silent on the exact day as well.
If He had been man only, His sacrifice would have had no power; He would have been a martyr like ten thousand others. But He was man and He was God, and therefore He was all in all. He came as a child to confront and conquer every challenge and every temptation common to humanity.
During his lifetime, Jesus experienced a range of economic statuses. He would have experienced relative poverty at his birth, a first-century middle-class upbringing prior to embarking on his ministry and then voluntary poverty during his ministry.
In conclusion, the hypothetical absence of Jesus Christ from history would have had monumental implications. It would have created a cascade of negative changes in the religious and moral landscape, and an enormous void in art, literature, music, science, education, law, politics, and philanthropy.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, theories began to emerge that, between the ages of 12 and 29, Jesus had visited India and Nepal, or had studied with the Essenes in the Judaean Desert.
“He was... a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief” (Is. 53:3). 2) Jesus' emotional pain was suffered on his people's behalf. The reason Jesus suffered so much was because of sin!
From birth to the cross, Jesus lived a perfectly sinless life because of how He dealt with the sin around Him. He fought sin perfectly through the use of prayer, the Word, and seeking God's will entirely. However, He understands our dilemma with sin and its struggles because He too faced those struggles.
