I wonder if this is your experience. Over the past few weeks, people have said things like "Don't you just enjoy Christmas time of year?", to which I usually reply, that for me, Christmas is every day of the year. As a Christian, the very incarnation of Jesus has a direct affect on me. When God became as a little baby two thousands years ago, in order to offer all people salvation as a free gift, it affects every part of my life and belief. If there was no first Christmas, I would still be lost and without relationship with God. If Jesus didnt come to earth, there would have been no sacrifice on the cross for our sins. If that baby, 33 years later hadnt risen from the dead, then my faith would have been in vain. More than these things, my prayers would merely bounce off the ceiling or nearest cloud, instead of going to our mediator who sits at the right hand of God. When I die, I would not be guaranteed a place in paradise through Jesus' sacrficial work and my name would not be written in the Lamb's book of life. Most of all, Christmas is for every day, because each day gives the chance for people to accept the free gift of salvation offered by Jesus. Each day, people accept that gift. Why dont you?
2 comments:
Hey!! Christmas everyday?? Sounds good... but without all the hype! :-)
And everyday would be "good will toward all men." "Seek peace, and pursue it..." (Psalm 34:14)
Great thoughts, Dave!!
oh yes!! Christmas without the commercialisation rubbish indeed!!
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