31 Days of Christmas – Day #19

The Son of Man

Jesus summed up the purpose of Christmas: “The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10).
83 times He called Himself “the Son of Man.” That was His favorite title. All other names turn out to be words of limitation.
He could have been called the Son of Abraham, but that’s racially limiting. Or, He could have been called the Son of David, but that’s officially limiting. Or, He could have been called the Son of Mary, but there you have family limitation.
Those titles are all good, but their weakness lies in their littleness. They’re exclusive rather than inclusive.
Confucius is a son of China. Plato, a son of Greece. Hugo, a son of France. Shakespeare, a son of England. Hemingway, a son of America.
But Christ, He is the Universal One — the Son of no tribe or nation or empire.
He is the Son of Man, who by His own words, “is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
(Matthew 18: 12, 14)