Friends, May
God bless you to celebrate this forthcoming Christmas with a different, with God’s blessing
spiritually as we as physically. Christmas have been celebrated by Christians
to mark the coming of Jesus Christ on earth to save the world from the bondage
of SIN.
The coming of
Jesus was first told by God to the Satan (producer of SIN) in the beginning of
creation just after he(Satan) led the first Man and woman (Adam and Eve) fall
in SIN. This is recorded in the Bible. “ 14 So the Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,“Cursed are you above all livestock and all
wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the
days of your life.15 And I will put enmity between you
and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will
crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” (Genesis 3:14-15)
Satan
disguised himself as Serpent and led man to sin. So, God told Satan that One
Man will be borne through Eve, who will crush his(Satan) head ( meaning He
will put Satan dead). Here, the promised CHILD will be born from the seed of
Eve(woman) but not from the seed of man. This was fulfilled when Jesus was born by Mary from the holy Spirit and not from her husband Joseph, as Joseph did not
touched his wife Mary till Jesus was born.(see Matthew 1:25)
Read,
“ 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came
about: His mother Mary was
pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found
to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because
Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to
expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after he had considered this, an
angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of
David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is
conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She
will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,because he will save his
people from their sins.”
22 All this took place to fulfill what
the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The
virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God
with us”).
24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the
angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But
he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave
him the name Jesus.”Matthew 1: 18-25)
Friend,since
the beginning God already knew you and me will sin or commit mistake – we are
from the seed of sinful blood! That’s why God had already made a plan to save
us from the bondage of sin and for us God’s plan had already been completed and
our salvation work have already been completed by Jesus Christ. We only need to
‘believe in Jesus Christ’ to become God’s Child.
Write
‘Amen’ if you believe that you have become God’s Child because Jesus came to
the world, died on the Cross and had risen again for you. May God bless you.
