The GB News Advent Calendar, Day 9
Hi there, my name is the Reverend Pat Allerton and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
You know, one of the most extraordinary things about the Christian story for me
is the remarkable humility of God that it displays. There's a scripture in the book of Isaiah that says
The Lord himself will give you a sign. The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and will call him Emmanuel
I say humility because if the Christian story is true, then it means nothing less than that God himself, the creator of it all
chose to become a human being and be born of a virgin
In other words, that Jesus Christ, who is himself God, did not consider it beneath him to take on our flesh
to become a baby in his mother womb and to be born as one of us and in a stable of all places Such humility that God would stoop so low taking us to himself embracing our fragile human nature And you know that should
change how we see ourselves. It should change how we see one another because it tells us that there
aren't two different classes of people, some of whom are to be accepted and others to be rejected
but rather that everyone is precious in God's sight. Everyone is made in his image. Therefore
everyone is worthy of love, compassion and respect. So let me ask you, how can you humble
yourself this Christmas time and lift others up around you