"This Little Child" is the title of a powerful song written and sung by American Christian music artist/ missionary, Scott Wesley Brown, and featured on his 1981 album titled: SWB. The song, as you might have already realized, especially if you have taken the time to listen to the You Tube track above, is about the child Jesus, and His impact on humanity as He grew to become a man, and fulfilled His purpose as the Saviour of the world. Below are the lyrics to this song:
Who would of thought
That long ago, and very far away
A little child would be born
And in a manger laid
And who would have thought
This little child
Was born the King of Kings
The son of just a carpenter
But for whom the angels sing
And who would have thought
That as He grew
And with other children played
This child with whom
They laughed and sang
Would die for them some day
And who would have thought
This little child
Could make a blind man see
Feed the hungry, make rich the poor
And set the sinner free
Oh, who would have thought
This little child
Was who the prophets said
Would take away the sins of man
And rise up from the dead
Oh, I believe and I will always sing
This little child is the King
Oh, I believe and I will always sing
This little child
He is the King of Kings
Many years have come and gone
Yet this world remains the same
Empires have been built and fallen
Only time has made a change
Nation against nation
Brother against brother
Men so filled with hatred
Killing one another
And over half the world is starving
While our banner of decency is torn
Debating over disarmament
Killing children before they're born
And fools who march to win the right
To justify their sin
Oh, every nation that has fallen
Has fallen from within
Yet, in the midst of this darkness
There is hope, a light that burns
This little child, the King of Kings
Someday will return
And I believe and I will always sing
This little child is the King
And I believe and I will always sing
This little child
He is the King of Kings
And who would have thought this little child
Is who the prophets said
Will return to judge this world
The living and the dead
Oh, can't you see
That long ago, so very far away
This little child our only hope
Was born a King that day
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, and 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 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 that: All our righteousnesses before God are as filthy rags.
Romans 3:23 states that: All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
The Greek word for sin hamartia 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 a people 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.
At Christmas, we remember God sending His Son to earth to be born in a humble stable. Today, we honour and worship Him as the crucified, and risen Lord of Glory, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of God, who, as the Bible says, ever lives to make intercession for us.
If you would like to know how you can become a Christian, there are many online resources to help guide you. One resource I can recommmend is: www.vision.org.au This is the online home of Australia's Vision Christian Media, which includes Vision Christian Radio, broadcasting to well over 700 cities, towns and small population centres across the nation. Click on the "Grow your faith" tab, then from the dropdown menu, click on "Looking for God?" God Bless.
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