Incarnational Dynamic

And there can be no Emotional Apologetic without there first being the presence of the messenger. The word 'incarnate' means to 'embody in flesh'. God became flesh and modeled what He was on about, and God wants us to continue to embody His message, being His hands and feet. The listener should be able to see, hear, and touch, the content of the message, and in so doing becoming aware that perhaps this is something which they should really take on board for themselves.

A person hearing, seeing, reading about great works done in the name of Jesus can often not help but want to know more. We see this again in the life of Jesus - the miracles he did as physical demonstrations of the presence of the Kingdom drew a hearing from many people. And today the same. Our deeds, whether miraculous on par with those of Jesus, or perceived as miraculous by those around us (eg reaching out a hand in love to someone who thought they were beyond love), can influence and bless people more than we know.

And it is this last point which must not be overlooked. The greatest miracle anyone can perceive is the reception and participation in true love. God is love, and when God became flesh in the life of Jesus, love became flesh, and people were converted. People were attracted by Jesus' great miracles, but they were converted and began to worship Him when they experienced His love and grace (consider Luke 7:36-50). And Jesus prays that His followers will continue to be the visible manifestation, the enfleshment, of love.

"I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."

Jesus (John 17:20-23).

As someone has said: "There is no conversion without there first being incarnation".