Veiled in Flesh

Enjoy this message from Pastor Tyler Schoenberger called "Veiled in Flesh" on Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at Reach Church in Bear, Delaware!

Christmas is fundamentally about God's radical decision to reveal Himself to humanity through the incarnation of Jesus Christ. The profound truth is that we cannot truly love God unless we know Him, and true knowledge of God can only come through divine revelation. Jesus, being both fully God and fully human, possesses complete intimate knowledge of the Father and makes God known to us in ways we could never discover on our own.The incarnation demonstrates the astonishing lengths God went to draw near to humanity.

The holy God whose purity is beyond human comprehension chose to become vulnerable, born under scandalous circumstances to a young girl. The Creator of the universe, who spoke light into existence, became totally dependent on a teenage mother for care and protection. The eternal One who is worshiped by multitudes of angels chose to receive praise from lowly shepherds and was laid in a feeding trough rather than a palace.This radical nearness means there is no depth we can fall into that's too deep for God to step into, no mess too great for His mercy to redeem, and no place we can go that He won't pursue us. For thirty-three years, Jesus experienced the full spectrum of human emotion and physical reality - weakness, weariness, fear, pain, and every struggle we face. He chose to enter the messiness of human existence not to remain distant and safe, but to pull us out of our brokenness. This Christmas, we're called to know Jesus personally as Emmanuel - God with us - who came near enough to be held in human hands and continues to dwell with us in our lowest moments.