THE VALUE OF THE INCARNATION

PRACTICAL VALUES OF THE INCARNATION

Makes Clear the Dignity and Sacredness of Human Physical Life, and Proves that Sin is not Essential to it.

Satisfies Man's Desire for a Savior Truly Human, for it Assures us that we are Dealing with a God who Knows Human Life by Personal Experience.

Reveals to us the Glory of Self-forgetfulness in the Interest of Others 
(Phil. 2:5-11) "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
IMPORTANCE GIVEN TO THE INCARNATION IN THE BIBLE
The incarnation affords us the test of religious truth and error:

1 John 4:1-3 "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world."
 2 John 7 "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist."