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What Makes Christmas Important?
Friday, December 24, 2010
No one is perfect
No one is perfect.Don't waste so much energy
trying to cover your mistakes that you miss
the chance to make productive changes.Honesty pays.
Daily Bible Reading
Ruth 3: 1 - 18
1 And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort?
2 And now, is there not Boaz, our relation, with whose young women you were? See, tonight he is separating the grain from the waste in his grain-floor.
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CHRISTMAS
WHAT MAKES IT IMPORTANT?
CONSIDER WHY CHRIST MAKES CHRISTMAS IMPORTANT
The "Greatest Gift" of Christmas is Christ. Matthew 1:21 tells US why -- "...call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins." Again in Matthew 1:23 we find that he was to be called EMMANUEL, which means "God with us." Christ was born of the Virgin Mary as God in human form to save us from the guilt, penalty, power and ultimately the presence of sin. This is why the Apostle Paul referred to Christ as the "Unspeakable Gift" in 2 Corinthians 9:15. Even the Apostle John tells us why Christ came ". . .the Father sent the Son (Christ) to be the Savior of the world (mankind) . . for God so loved the world (mankind),that he GAVE his only begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." I John 4: 14 and John 3:16. Dr. Luke wrote "For unto YOU is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:1 1. Christ is the ONLY Savior! Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12
DO YOU NEED A SAVIOR?
You do if you are a human being! Why? "Because all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God." Romans 3:23.
"The wages of sin is death; but the GIFT OF GOD is eternal life through JESUS CHRIST our Lord." Romans 6:23.
Christmas can mean forgiveness of YOUR sins and an abundant NEW LIFE for you. If you have not received Jesus Christ, the risen Son of God, God in the flesh, why don't you ask Him to forgive your sins .. why don't you repent and turn to Christ and ask Him to Save you right now?
SUGGESTED PRAYER
Dear Lord Jesus,
I know that I am a sinner. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I now choose to turn from my sins and open my life and receive you as my Savior and Lord. Take control of my life and help me to be the kind of person you want me to be. Amen.
Does this prayer express your personal desire? If so, pray it sincerely and Jesus Christ will come into your life as he promised. The Bible says in John 1:12 "But as many as received him (Christ),to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."
A CHRISTMAS PLAN
Oh, one other thing. Why not get your Bible out this Christmas season and read the account of Christ's Birthday found in Matthew 1:18 to 2:23 and Luke 1:26 to 2:20. Read it to the whole family too.
SUMMARY
What makes Christmas important? THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
"Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21.
by David L. Brown Th.M.
© 1980, David L. Brown,
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