Encapsulating Christmas

I was just thinking, being Christmas Eve, what set of verses seems to encapsulate the Christmas story best, and there are many verses I could quote, but today I was reminded of the following two sets of verses - Philippians 2:3-11 NIV:

[3] "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, [4] not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. [5] In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 

[6] Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 

[7] rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 

[8] And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death---even death on a cross! 

[9] Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 

[10] that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 

[11] and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

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 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 NIV:

[17] "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! [18] All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: [19] that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. [20] We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. [21] God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

It is beyond our understanding to fully grasp the absolute Eternal Glory of what Jesus did in coming to earth and making a way for man to be reconciled to God once again!  We have the opportunity in Him to become completely new creations!  Our sinfulness is replaced by God's very righteousness!  God Loves us so much that He made this all possible!  

I guess we could summarize this with the following two verses - John 3:16-17 NIV:  "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."

Thank You Jesus for coming to earth to save us, to reconcile us, to enable us to walk in Your righteousness, to be new creations!  

Thank You for making a way Jesus! 

Amen and Amen!