J. C. Ryle pg. 28: "Let us leave the subject with feelings of deep gratitude and thankfulness. It is full of abounding consolation for all who know Christ by faith, and believe on Him.
"Did the Word become flesh? Then He is One who can be touched with the feelings of His people's infirmities, because He has suffered Himself being tempted. He is almighty because He is God, and yet He can feel with us, because He is man.
"Did the Word become flesh? Then He can supply us with a perfect pattern and example for our daily life. Had He walked among us as an angel or a spirit, we could never have copied Him. But having dwelt among us as a man, we know that the true standard of holiness is to 'walk even as He walked' (1 John 2:6). He is a perfect pattern because He is God. But He is also a pattern exactly suited to our [deficiencies], because He is man.
"Finally, did the Word become flesh? Then let us see in our mortal bodies a real, true dignity, and not defile them by sin. Vile and weak as our body may seem, it is a body which the Eternal Son of God was not ashamed to take upon Himself, and to take up to heaven. That simple fact is a pledge that He will raise our bodies at the last day, and gloify them together with His own."
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