December is the month of great joy to the world. We remember that our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ was born for the sole purpose of saving His people from their sins (Matthew 1:21).

Some people contest the actual date for the birth of Christ but that’s not the focus of this write-up. There is no problem in heaven or under the sun if we even devote the whole year to celebrate our King of Glory. He is the reason why we are called Christians.

This series of articles are meant to focus our minds on the PERSON of Christmas. Today, we shall look at where it all started:

The Holy Spirit revealed to Paul in Philippians 2:5‭-‬7 (NKJV) that,
“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.”

There are two important truths we can pick from the first part of the text above:

#1. Jesus Is “In The Form Of God”

The first thing we can take away is that Jesus Christ is “in the form of God”. That’s profound because we learn in Genesis 1:26 that man is in the image of God but here we are taught that Jesus is in the form of God. He is just as God is. From everlasting to everlasting He has been God. He is one with the Father (John 10:30). He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end (Revelation 1:8). When we see Jesus, we see God.

#2. Jesus Is “Equal With God”

The second important truth to pick from the verse is that Jesus Christ is “equal with God”. That is, being in the form of God also means being equal with God in function. If you are equal with someone, it stands to reason that you can do what the person does. In John 1, we are told that without Jesus nothing was made. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit created everything (Genesis 1:1-3).

In our first text on our “Journey to Christmas”, we discover that Jesus Christ who is the Person of Christmas is “in the form of God” and “equal with God”. No wonder Paul said that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself (2 Corinthians 5). It can ONLY take God to save us. That’s why He came to be born and die for our sins.

May His name be praised forever!

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