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He came from the bosom of a father to go to the bosom of a woman.
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He put on humanity while possessing divinity.
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He became son of man that we might become sons of God.
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He was born contrary to the laws of nature yet he is the creator of all the laws of nature.
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He lived in poverty.
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He was reared in obscurity.
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He had no earthly wealth for political influence.
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In his infancy he startled a king.
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Without having learned, he puzzled the learned.
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He healed the sick and the blind but made no charge for his services.
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He never wrote a book, yet there is no library in the world large enough to hold the books that have been written about him.
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He never wrote a song, yet he is the theme of of more songs than anyone in the whole world.
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He never founded a college, yet all the schools.
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He never practiced medicine, yet he has healed together cannot hold those who study him, More broken hearts and broken bodies than all the doctors.
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He never marshaled an army, never drafted a soldier or fired a gun, yet no leader has enlisted more volunteers who under his orders have caused more rebels to surrender without a shot being fired.
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He was King of kings and Lord of lords, but wore no purple robe except in mockery.
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He was rich in himself, but became poor for our sake.
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He slept in another's manger.
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He sailed the lake in another's boat.
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He rode on another's colt.
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He was buried in another man's tomb.
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To him was given all power.
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He had dominion over all things, yet he held no deeds to any earthly property.
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Herod could not kill him.
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Satan could not seduce him.
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The grave could not hold him.
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Though condemned to die, death could not destroy him.
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He is the star of astronomy.
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He is the rock of geology.
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He is the lion and the lamb of zoology.
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He is the harmonizer of all discords.
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He is the reconciler of God and the world.
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Great men have come and gone yet he lives on.
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What a man! What a God! What a Savior!