And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (Luke 2:6-7)
Big Idea: The Incarnation of Christ appears so that we might imitate His character.
1. Be imitators of Christ's Freedom
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death that is the devil and deliver all those who fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. (Hebrews 2:14-15)
2. Be imitators of Christ's Love and Compassion
"True mission is incarnational. It necessities entering humbly into other people's worlds, identifying with their social reality their sorrow and suffering and their struggles for justice against oppressive powers."- Lausanne Conference
3. Imitating the God's Glory