At the Perfect Time

By Andrew Beasley     Have you ever heard someone refer to a newborn baby as being perfect? The sentiment is understandable. Newborns are precious, innocent creatures who have yet to be jaded or corrupted by the world. Unfortunately, every person eventually loses that quality even ones parents continue to call them their perfect child. That is one of the distinguishing features between every human conceived by two human parents that is born into this world if they are blessed to live long enough to reach adulthood and accountability and Jesus of Nazareth.      John tells us that God loved the world to such a degree that He gave His only begotten, or some translations say unique, Son. Jesus of Nazareth, born in Bethlehem, is the truly perfect son of God in that He is like God. He is Deity and cannot coexist with sin or darkness. But Jesus is not perfect simply because He is fully, one hundred percent God. But also, because He was fully, one hundred percent human and yet did not sin (Heb. 4:15). This makes Him our perfect mediator, intercessor and high priest. He is perfect in means of completion, being completely what humanity needed but also perfect in sense of quality in that He was pure, unblemished and spotless throughout His life.      Jesus of Nazareth, the perfect Son of God born in a little town of Bethlehem, a place that had been prepared for that moment.

- Andrew Beasley serves as a minister with the Northwest Church of Christ in Greensboro, NC. He may be contacted through the congregation's website: https://nwchurchofchrist.com/about/