IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME

In Philippians 2:5-8, the Apostle Paul speaking to all who identify as Christians, true followers of Christ: Let this mind be in you all, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
But He emptied Himself,
taking upon Himself the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men.
And being found in the form of a man,
He humbled Himself
and became obedient to death,
even death on a cross.

The Christmas season is here once again, where we remember with great joy the birth of the baby Jesus in a dirty stable in the little town of Bethlehem, not far from Jerusalem - where He was laid in a manger, an animal feeding trough filled with hay.

Jesus Christ, the Eternal Son of God, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit together make up the Trinity, the one true God, who has always existed- this same Jesus willingly became one of us, born into this world, taking on a human body, and in so doing, emptied Himself of some of His divine attributes and privileges while confined in time and space during His thirty three years living amongst us in bodily form.

The Greek word kenosis describing the self-emptying
in the above passage in Philippians 2 makes it clear that Jesus as the God-man could not be omnipresent, omniscient or omnipotent in Himself. The Bible says that He fully relied on the power of the Holy Spirit within Him, and only did those things told to Him by the Father.

Of Jesus, the apostle Paul says in Colossians 1:
By Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they are thrones or dominions, or principalities, or powers. All things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things and by Him, all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the Church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in all things He may have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in Him all fullness should dwell, and to reconcile all things to Himself by Him, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him, I say - whether they are things on earth or things in heaven.
And you, who were formerly alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless, and above reproach in His sight.

Isaiah says: All our righteousnesses before God are as filthy rags.
Romans 3:23 states: All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
The Greek word for sin means "to miss the mark." One way of picturing this is that of someone shooting arrows at a target. No matter how hard one tries to hit the target, the arrows all fall short. 

Once, the Bible says, we were without God, and without hope in the world.
Once we were not a people, but are now the people of God (speaking of those who have committed their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ).

Speaking of Jesus, the Word of God says that: He became sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21.
We, who were far away from the covenants and promises of God have been brought near by the blood of Jesus.

That's why Jesus instituted what what is known as the Lord's Supper or Communion the night He was betrayed - as recorded in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke - and restated by Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
I have received of the Lord that which I delivered unto you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night that He was betrayed, took bread. When He had given thanks, He broke it and said: "Take and eat. This is My body which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of Me." In the same manner, He took the cup after He had supper, saying: "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, Do this, as often as you drink it in remembrance of Me." As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT JESUS IS COMING BACK. LET US MAKE SURE WE ARE READY FOR HIS RETURN.