All I want for Christmas is Jesus!
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Christmas in a verse.
Christmas in a verse.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
“Fear Not”
“Fear Not”
Because of sin, fear is mans default state. The Spirit of the world, which is the spirit of authority over every person who has only been born of the flesh, that is a Spirit of Fear.
When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden of Even, they experienced that horrible spirit of fear for the first time, and they have passed on that same spirit of fear to every one of their children, grandchildren, great… down to you.
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Christmas is God finally telling us that we dont have to be afraid anymore.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
“Good tidings of great joy”
“Good tidings of great joy”
“I’ve got good news that gonna bring you great joy”.
This is a very interesting part of the verse, because its one of the few parts of the bible thats almost” subjective”. Now what i mean is that this good news should produce great joy.
But i have found many people who only experience some joy, or moderate joy, even some that experience no joy!
How is this possible? Well the amount of joy we experience is directly proportional to how much we believe that the news is good.
If you thing the news is kinda good, then you gonna kinda have joy. If you think the news is ok, then your joy is gonna be ok. If you think the news is borning, then your joy is gonna be borning.
So what is the good news?
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Paul experienced this great joy! But he leaves a hint of how in this verse....
When Paul looked in a mirror what did he see? Did he see a good man who although he failed, always did his best? Did he see a man who might have made a few mistakes but had a good heart? Did he see a man who was was rough around the dges but had a a heart of gold?
No, what he saw was the sinle worst sinner in existance so much so that if sinners had a champion, it would be him.
Now wheather or not Paul was actually the worst sinner on earth is not importasnt, what is important is that in the eyes of Paul he was the worse sinner on earth.
And because he knew he was so bad, that made the news so good, and because the news was so good, his joy was so great!
Its a very intresting dynamic where God reveals and rewards humility.
The wrose you know yourself to be, the “gooder” the news bcomers, and the “gooder” the news becomes the greater your joy is.
47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
wish i could show you just how bad you are, becuse that would show you how good the news is, and then you would all expreience such great joy.
isent it intresting that the only thing standing between you and great joy is your reluctance to see youself as you truly are? PRIDE.
“As you walk through the gates of Hell....
“Which shall be to all people”
“Which shall be to all people”
There are a group of people who bucher scripture to make it say that Jesus only came for some people, to save some people, to only pay for the sins of some people, that slavation is only for some people.
My bible plainly tells me that this joy and good news is for ALL people.
Jesus Himself said that eternal life is givin to Whosoever believers in His name.
]jn 3 16-17
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The bible tells us plainly that the when Jesus died he paid not only for the sins of some, but for the sins of the whole world.
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
1 tim 3-6
10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
“Is Born this day, in the City of David”
“Is Born this day, in the City of David”
The events of Christmas are not fairy tale and mystry. They happened on a centan Day, at a certan Place and History book confirm this.
History books confirm the reign of Ceaser, they confirm the date of the cencus, they confirm the roman occupation of Jerusalem, they confirm the mass murder of young boys by Herod the great.
The bible does not take place :”along time ago in a galaxy far far away”, like the true fairty tale - evolution.
“A Savior”
“A Savior”
This is what Jesus is. A saviour. He is not a life enhancer, or a life improver. Jesus is not good teacher or a mighty prophet. Jesus is not a good man or a martyr.
We must never strip the gospel of its power by portraying Jesus as anything less than he actually is.
Her is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
And He came to save sinners from their sins and from the consequences of those sins.
The wages of sin is death, but the gift is eternal Life.