Mary: the Messiah’s Mother

1382.085 - 1417.048 R.C. Sproul

we have the incarnation of God Himself. An incarnation means a coming in the flesh. We know how John begins his gospel, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. So in that very complicated introductory statement, he distinguishes between the Word and God, and then in the next breath, identifies the two. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.