The reason for the Incarnation was the salvation of man. The Good Shepherd came to seek and to save His sheep which were lost. He came in human form that He might get nearer to the sinner. A Moravian missionary went to preach the gospel to the slaves in the West Indies. Failing as a free man to reach them, he became a slave himself, and went with them to their toils in the field, and into all their hardships and sufferings, thus getting close to them. Then they listened to him.
This illustrates Christ’s condescension to save the world. We could not understand God in His invisible glory; and Immanuel came, and in human form lived out the divine life, showing us God’s thoughts and character and feelings, especially God’s grace and His love for sinners. This was one object of the Incarnation, – it revealed in a way which men could understand the invisible things of God.
This reading was taken from Come Ye Apart
The text is for January 6 : The Incarnation