Luke 2:11
For there is born to you this day in the city of David, a savior who is Christ the Lord.
Everyone is all up in the celebration this time of year.....
Lot of acknowledgement about the birth of the Christ child.
Baby Jesus.....Wise men....shepherds.....Mary and Joseph.
The world turned in darkness then....
The world turns in darkness now....
But the truth of the passage from Luke 2 is more relevant today than ever.
The advent and beginning of a new work...a new covenant between God and man occurred that night in a stable in Bethlehem.
The city whose name means "house of Bread" became the recipient of the "Bread of heaven" come down to feed all of mankind. Came down in the form of a babe. All throughout the old testament, people feared to look on the face of God. They believed it would bring instant death to have seen His face. Yet there in that stable, those gathered looked deep into the eyes and face of God. Jesus the babe, lay in his mother's arms. No matter what the form...it was God. He was, and is, the second part of the God-head, the Trinity. God the Son had started the process of taking back "that which was lost" to the devil and his kingdom long ago in the garden. A process that continues to this day.
The devil continues to this day trying to keep souls from being saved. He has invented new ways to sin and to turn away from God. Yet with each day that passes, God's kingdom is extended over this planet. Someone else comes to the saving grace and presence of Jesus to enter into this new life with Him. More than a fairy tale......more than some kind of morality play, what I write about today is real, and it it truth.
Today...
Right now....
5:17 a.m......
December 4, 2014....
You no longer have to live under the bondage of addiction.
You no longer have to walk in the darkness and pain that accompanies such a life.
You can be free....
Free inside to experience real life.
Free to encounter every trouble and situation and face them head on.
Free to push forward and not run back to your old way of living or thinking.
God makes some pretty bodacious promises if you ask me.....
No matter what may come your way....He has promised that "His grace is sufficient" to meet it.
For most today, Christmas is about giving presents.
God gave the ultimate present to mankind.
His Son.
To pay the debt each of us owed because of our sin.
As it is today...if someone offers you a present, you can only do one of two things.
Receive it and accept it....
Or
Reject it and walk away....
What will you do with Jesus?
Receive Him and His offer for real life?
Or
Reject Him and continue the way you are?
Think on these.
Merry Christmas from the "B's" in Attalla.
God on you..
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