1. Seven Startling Things That God Became

2. God Chose To Become… A Foetus
Christ Jesus,
existing in the
form of God,
didn’t consider equality with God
a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form
of a servant,
being made human.
- Philippians 2:5-6

3. God Chose To Become… A Jew
“Where is he
who is born
King of the Jews?
For we saw his
star in the east,
and have come
to worship him.”
– Matthew 2:2

4. God Chose To Become… A Refugee
Joseph got up and took the young child and his
mother by night, and fled to Egypt. - Matthew 2:14

5. God Chose To Become… An Outsider
He had no good looks or majesty. He had no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised, and rejected by men… – Isaiah 53:2

6. God Chose To Become… Homeless
Jesus said, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” - Matthew 8:20

7. God Chose To Become… A Prostitute’s Friend
If he were a prophet, this man would know who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.” - Luke 7:39

8. God Chose To Become… The Victim
He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn’t open his mouth… - Isaiah 53:7

9. God Chose To Become Victim Foetus Jew Prostitute’s Friend Outsider
Refugee
Homeless