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JOYOUS NATIVITY!
At Christmas my parents gave me batteries, toys not included (chuckle).
WELL, IT'S NOT ABOUT GIVING, AS IT IS ABOUT RECEIVING:
RECEIVING GOD'S GIFT TO US--HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON--JESUS!
OK, IT'S ALSO ABOUT GIVING.
IT'S MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE.
HAVE A JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF JESUS BIRTH ON EARTH!
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN JESUS WAS BORN IN EARTH, BUT HE WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM, JUST AS THE SCRIPTURES SAY AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED SINCE GENESIS AFTER ADAM AND EVE SINNED. GOD PROMISED A SAVIOR TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM WHAT? FROM OUR SINS YA'LL (TO YOU THAT SPEAK TEXAN). BY THE WAY, GOD TOLD THE VIRGIN MARY TO NAME HIS SON, JESUS. HE IS EMMANUEL WHICH MEANS GOD IS WITH US. JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD MADE FLESH. THE WORD IS ETERNAL. GOD IS ETERNAL, GOD IS ONE: THE FATHER, THE WORD (JESUS THE SON), AND GOD'S SPIRIT.
HAD IT HAPPENED TODAY, IMAGINE THE EXPLOSIVE NEWS ON TV!!! GOD BECAME LIKE ONE OF US TO EXPERIMENT AS THE SON OF MAN WHAT IT IS TO WALK ON OUR SHOES, AND BECAUSE THE WORD IS GOD, HE CANNOT DIE, THEREFORE, THE WORD BECAME FLESH TO BE ABLE TO DIE. HE WAS TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS AS WE ARE, BUT HE NEVER SINNED. WHAT IS AMAZING, HE BECAME OUR MERCIFUL HIGH PRIEST (THE OFFER-ER), THE SACRIFICE (HIMSELF), AND THE BIBLE SAYS HE EVEN BECAME SIN. HE BORE THE SIN OF THE ENTIRE WORLD. GOD IS A PERSONAL GOD, HOWEVER, AND ONLY TO THOSE THAT RECEIVE GOD'S GIFT THROUGH FAITH RECEIVE THIS SALVATION. WE KNOW IT AS RECEIVING JESUS CHRIST AS OUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR. IT'S TO "WHOSOEVER" WILL BELIEVE SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. FURTHERMORE, THOUGH WE HAVE FAITH IN JESUS, HIS BLOOD, HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS, BUT ALSO HIS RESURRECTION! HAD HE NOT RISEN FROM THE DEAD, OUR FAITH WOULD BE IN VAIN.
GOD IS TIMELESS, BUT OUR TIME HERE IS LIMITED. SO WHILE WE HEAR THE CAROLS WITH THE NATIVITY AND SALVATION MESSAGE, LET US DRAW NEAR AND ADORE HIM, CHRIST THE LORD!
