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Christmas 28

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Well, by now we have probably exchanged the gifts we received that did not fit, were the wrong color or we just did not like.  This year I was blessed that nothing I received had to be taken back.  I have alterations to be made on two new suits that I received.  I am excited about getting two new suits!  We enjoyed an fantastic CHRISTmas again this year.

It was not the gifts, the food or even the family that made this CHRISTmas so great.  The greatness of CHRISTmas is found in Matthew 1:21, “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”  Here we find that we can take back the sin that burdens us.  We can exchange them for the forgiveness of Jesus Christ.

So many things in the account of Jesus’ birth tell of why He came.  The swaddling clothes were grave clothes that were wrapped around him one strip at a time.  The gifts, gold, frankincense and myrrh.  Gold was a fitting gift for a King, frankincense was used in the temple sacrifices and was fitting for a Priest and the myrrh is a burial spice and speaks of His being a Prophet.

The true meaning of CHRISTmas is not the gifts, the trees or even the lights.  It is about Jesus humbling Himself to come to us so that we can be saved.  Let me ask you a question.  Have you ever repented (turned) from your sin and asked Jesus to save you?  If you have not I beg you to do just that today before it is eternally too late.

So, how are you doing?

Christmas 22

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In four short days it will be the most anticipated day of the entire year.  Children will awaken early and beg their parents to get up so they can open presents.  The sad reality is that it will all be over in a flash and the children will be left playing with the boxes, most likely.

I am like most children in that I love to give and receive presents.  So many conservative Christians exhort that Christmas is not about the presents.  I agree; but, let’s take a look at the issue.  We are celebrating the Incarnation of Christ.  This means that God became a man and lived in flesh just like us.  He is God’s gift to you and I.  So, I say that it is not about the gifts that we exchange with one another.  It is all about the Gift given to you and I in the stable in Bethlehem of Judea.

Look at Luke 2:12, “And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.”  We have been given the Greatest Gift of all.  Jesus came as a babe and was swaddled or wrapped in swaddling clothes.  Those clothes are strips of cloth.  I imagine a young mother wrapping each little finger and each little toe and then the entire body of this Babe of all babes.  He was wrapped in grave clothes.  Even in His birth His mission is foretold.

Jesus came to give Himself to die in our place so that we might have our sin forgiven and that is the greatest gift that anyone can ever receive.  Will you trust Him today and receive this free gift.  It cost Jesus everything.  It is free; but, definitely not cheap.

So, how are you doing?