John the beloved disciple said it, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us, and we beheld His glory as the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Jesus, the Word of God, a designation which we normally equate with the written scriptures, became a human being! Amazing! Ultimate intelligence, the treasure of all wisdom and knowledge…approachable, accessible, and personal.
Could it be that information, intelligence and God have always existed together? That is the logical conclusion of the assertion that “the Word was made flesh.” The Word is synonymous with language and communication. The Word is the sum-total of knowledge.
Even the cells of the human body are each a library of information. Where did that information come from? The creation is a massive deposit of information and communication. Nothing in what we call the universe could exist without intelligent design and supervision. As we advance into the age of AI (artificial intelligence) we must face the fact that our creation of robots with computer-based intelligence is merely a mirror image of what our own creator initiated when He created us.
Only stubborn denial and a rebellious refusal to acknowledge what is obvious could explain how individuals with high or average IQ can dismiss the existence of a super intelligent Creator. Humans simply want to be gods. They ruthlessly eliminate all competition, including their own designer in order to be free of all accountabilities. Don’t kid yourself, that’s exactly what we have done and still do.
Don’t tell me you are a sceptic or an atheist. I know you because I know myself. You and I act like adolescent children. But isn’t irrational rejection of those who gave us existence incredibly petty? Treating your parents with contempt is selfishness proclaiming a kind of immature independence. And it leads to Me-ism…a silly self-idolatry that kills what is real and objectively true.
The Word became flesh.
Jesus came into our world.
He was God incarnate in a human body.
He was the Communicator…the Word. He told us and showed us who God is and what He is like. He told us who we are and that we are valuable and deeply loved! As a result, we cannot claim that the Heavens are silent. We have been given all the information we need to come back to the Creator we have spurned or ignored.
We can no longer assert He is a self-focused tyrant. He came as a servant, a carpenter, a back country rabbi. There was nothing pretentious or egocentric about Him. He was beautifully humble. He was a giver not a taker. And we killed Him! We rejected His claims to be our King. We crucified Him. Why? Why would God in a human body permit such victimization? And why would He proclaim that if anyone has seen Him, he or she has seen God?
That is why Christmas is such a big deal!
Our Creator has contacted His creation. He came down. He became one of us so that we can return to our original destiny. He revealed that behind all the data of science, behind all the stuff of the material universe is intelligence and love. He invited us to come back to His Kingdom. He came down so we can come home. He opened the door to forgiveness at the cross with great self-sacrifice.
You and I exist because He does. We think because He does. Let’s each close the distance between our hearts and His this Christmas! Give Him your what’s left of your life. Intelligence demands it!