The Person Of Christmas

When the angel said, “Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord,” Luke 2:11, he was announcing the birth of God in human flesh.  

All through his life Jesus  proved who He was.  

Over and over the truth and power of His deity was on constant display.  

From: 

—“Peace be still” to 

—“Rise up and walk” to 

—“Lazarus come forth” to 

—“Thy sins be forgiven thee” to 

—“It is finished” 

Jesus alone is the Person of Christmas. 

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The Christmas Story

The Christmas story is a special story. That God would send His darling Son Jesus into this world to die for sinners on a cruel cross is a blessing beyond description.  

That He would love us to that level is amazing, beyond the power of words.

Until you receive Jesus, the Lamb of God, as your personal Savior and until you know the power of His salvation—you will never really understand Christmas and the wonder of what God did when He provided His Lamb for the sins of the world.

John 3:16 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.

John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Jesus came to earth die. 

If you don’t know Him, seek Him with all your heart. 

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O Holy Night

There has never been a message quite like the one the angel gloriously delivered to the shepherds that Holy Night. It’s a message of hope, life and salvation to all who will believe it. 

Luke 2:10-11 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

When this angel finished his speech, the heaven’s burst forth with a multitude of the heavenly host, praising and exalting their Creator, who was being born among men.

Thirty-three years later, the shepherds would see this same person die on a cross for the very people He was born to save. 

In 1847 John S. Dwight and Adolphe Adam wrote a powerful Christmas Carol—my favorite. 

—“O holy night! The stars are brightly shining, It is the night of the dear Savior's birth.

—Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till He appear'd and the soul felt its worth.

—A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

—Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices! Oh night divine, Oh night when Christ was born;

—Oh night divine, Oh night, oh night divine.”

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The Shepherds

At best this ragtag band of shepherds are common, ordinary men.  At worst they are vile, dirty men, who are, for the most part, social and religious outcasts.

Another boring night with the sheep suddenly shatters as the sky lights up, and an angel clothed with light  descends from Heaven. They are terrified!

Luke 2:9,10. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

The sign to find the Christ child in the good tidings message is a baby lying in a manger in Bethlehem. 

The shepherds ran that night, ever so fast. When they met Jesus it changed their lives forever. In their excitement, they tell everyone they met.  

Have you met Jesus? Have you believed in Him? It’s a life and death matter. 

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