The Son of God today, Christmas day, has been born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem, so that we may be shown the path of righteousness, and to know God truly and intimately. Easily one of the greatest miracles to have ever taken place, The Word becoming flesh shows how much God loves us. By Christ's life, death, and resurrection, we have been redeemed, and the possibility of intimacy with God had been made possible, when we repent and turn to Jesus Christ. When we deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow Jesus Christ, we become disciples of Jesus, and in the process we know God more, love God more, and are more intimate with God more. We are saved by this, and so we inherit the great promises from God to us humans.