The Reason for the Season

Our title for this sermon is straight out of the text: A Merciful and Faithful High priest. This is our Lord Jesus. He is the embodiment of these two qualities as our Lord and Saviour.
To accomplish this end:
He had to be made like unto His people. "It behoved him to be made like unto his brethren."
It required a human body – perfectly human.
That is the miracle of the incarnation we are celebrating at Christmas,
This is the reason for the Season.
The apostle argues:
He did not take the nature of angels – that would be much less.
He took the nature of the children of Abraham.
So, the Lord came down, down, down, from glory.