28th December 2025

The Miracle of Christmas

God sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh,

on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh.

Romans 8:3

Today's Bible Reading:  Romans 8:1–10.

At a car boot sale, I found a nativity set in a battered old cardboard box. In the box, there was only a few sheep and the Christ Child. As I picked up the baby Jesus, I noticed the finely sculpted details of the infant’s body. This newborn was not cocooned in a blanket with closed eyes—he was awake and partially unwrapped with outstretched arms, open hands and fingers extended. “I am here!” He seemed to say.

The figurine illustrated the miracle of Christmas, that God sent His Son to earth in a human body. As Jesus’ infant body matured, His little hands played with toys, eventually held the Torah and then fashioned furniture before His ministry began. His feet, once plump and perfect at birth, grew to carry Him from place to place to teach and heal. At the end of His life, these human hands and feet would be pierced with nails to hold His body on the cross.

In Romans 8:3, the Bible says, “For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh.” If we accept the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus as payment for all our wrongs, all our sins and submit our lives to Him, we will find relief from sin’s bondage. Because the Son of God was born to us as a real, wiggling, kicking infant, there’s a way to have peace with God and the assurance of an eternity with Him.

Prayer: Dear God, thank You for sending Jesus to earth as a human baby to free me from the bondage of sin and death. Amen.