One of the grandest writers and devotions shared lay with Oswald Chambers and his book My Utmost for His Highest . Following is the entry for Christmas day, December 25th, and I ask that you think about our new birth as it relates to Jesus’ birth. Matthew 1:23 NIV "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us." — His Birth in History . “…that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God ( Luke 1:35 ). Jesus Christ was born into this world, not from it. He did not emerge out of history; He came into history from the outside. Jesus Christ is not the best human being the human race can boast of— He is a Being for whom the human race can take no credit at all. He is not man becoming God, but God Incarnate— God coming into human flesh from outside it. His life is the highest and the holiest entering through the most humble of doors. Our Lord’s birth was ...