GOD COME TO SAVE US FROM SIN

 “ 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.  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.  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. 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.” ( Jesus  means the Lord saves.)

Christmas is Celebration of God Becoming Man

God is love (1 John 4:8). God’s love is fully revealed in Jesus, who became man. We celebrate this God became ‘man’ in Jesus on Christmas day. The Bible says,“.. the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father (John 1:14).

John called Jesus “the Word” here and said that the Word (God Jesus) became flesh (man) and dwelt (lived) among us (Disciples and believers), full of grace and truth; we (Disciples) have beheld(seen/witnessed) his glory, glory as of the only Son(God the Son, Jesus) from the Father (God the Father ).

Jesus Saves His People From Sin

Many people regarded Jesus a good teacher and a great prophet and not more than that. Before, Jesus was born the Angel of the Lord told Joseph about the child to be born (Jesus) that  “He WILL save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1: 21).

Jesus is a ‘Saviour’. He was born to “save his people from Sin.”

Whom will he save? He will save His People.

Who are ‘His People’?

Celebrate Christmas to Glorify God

Christmas is coming. Let us celebrate the coming of our ‘Saviour’.

Let us share the story of Christmas - the wonder of angels singing, and the majesty of three kings visiting the Christ child in a manger.

Mary “ …gave birth to her first-born son.(Luke 2:7).

God Can Do Everything:

Mary wonder how she could conceive without having relationship with man. But, after hearing how God can do wonders, she believed and accepted whatever God might do to her. Mary says, “I am the Lord’s servant, May your word to me be fulfilled.”

God was pleased with Mary. He blessed Mary with a child and she born ‘the Saviour’. Mary became the mother of the Saviour of the world.

God sends His messengers every now and then. He gave you the Bible to read. You have heard the message of Gospel through God’s messengers and the Bible. Received the message and accept what God prpose to do in you as Mary did. Then, the Saviour Jesus Christ will save you and you will become ‘the blessed child of God’.

God bless you.

Please read :  Bible text : ‘The Birth of Jesus  Foretold’

Story of the Disciples of Jesus :

The New Testament gives us an account of the deaths of two of the apostles
— Judas and James.
Judas, who betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver, committed suicide by hanging
himself.
James, the son of Zebedee, was put to death by the sword, probably beheaded in Jerusalem around 44 AD. According to tradition, he died after preaching the Gospel in Spain.
Andrew is reported to have journeyed to Scythia, the region north of the Black Sea, now part of the Soviet Union. More certain is his preaching in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and in Greece where he was said to have been crucified.

A Saviour is Born

The angel of the Lord Gabriel told Joseph that his fiancé Mary will have a son and will be called  ‘Jesus’, which means ‘saviour’ :

The Angel says to Joseph,  “She will bear a son, and you are to name Him ‘Jesus’, for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).

What is salvation?

A Saviour is Born

The angel of the Lord Gabriel told Joseph that his fiancé Mary will have a son and will be called  ‘Jesus’, which means ‘saviour’ :

The Angel says to Joseph,  “She will bear a son, and you are to name Him ‘Jesus’, for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).

What is salvation?

Jesus Was Born to Defeat Satan

 Celebrate Christmas! Celebrate the birth of Jesus to defeat Satan and his power!

Celebrate the Victory of Jesus! Celebrate the Victory of Good over Evil!

Since the fall of man, God promised that an offspring of woman ( the messiah - Jesus Christ) will crush Satan. God said to Satan (serpent),

“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." (Genesis 3:15)

Know the Voice of God

God is the Creator, preserver and sustainer of the universe. He created us and everything in the universe. He loves us and blesses those who love Him as He loves us. It is a privilege to hear the voice of our Creator, to listen to His voice that tells us His will and plan for us. But, according to the Bible tells, only those who belong to Him can hear and recognize His voice.

Jesus says, "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me" (John 10:27).

‘Those who belong to Jesus (God)’ are the ‘Children of God’ (John 1:12) and people who have ‘eternal life’ (John 3:16). They are  people who have believed and received Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. These believers have been saved by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

Celebrate Christmas 2014

1)    That Jesus, a Saviour is born to save us from eternal condemnation

2)    to thank heavenly Father for sending Jesus to save us from sin and make ‘the children of God’.

3)    to show the joy in your life.

The Good Message of Christmas “The Word Became Flesh”

In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with GOD, and the WORD was GOD. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through HIM, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the Light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light.

Jesus was Born to Save His People

“what is conceived in her(Mary) is from the Holy Spirit, 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” (Matthew 1:20-21).

“HE will save his people from their sins.”  

The name Jesus means, “The Lord saves.”

None of us can save ourselves. Jesus alone can save us.

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).

The Bible means :

God Become Man To Overcome Death

Death is real, no one can overcome it. Even the strongest, conquerors, emperors, can not stand against it.  No one is strong enough to overcome sickness and death. No, not one, when the time come.

Health and Wealth brings no permanent peace in the mind of every individual.

You Can Become the Child of God

You can become God’s child by receiving His Son Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Because, God sent Jesus to restore the broken relationship between God and man.

“But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God.”(John 1:12)

Jesus has already paid the penalty for your sin and offers a full pardon (forgiveness). This is a gift, not something you have to earn by being good. Like any gift, it is free; all you have to do is accept it and make it your own.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord..” (Romans 6:23).

Why Must We Celebrate Christmas

We celebrate Christmas every year on December 25 as the birth date of Jesus.  Because, Jesus was born to atone for our sins. He died so that we may become ‘the Children of God by believing Him (John 1;12). He died but rouse again and is alive today and for eternity. All believers who received Him will have eternal life (John 3:16). In His death and resurrection, all believers become the family members of God and will live eternally with God.

CHRISTMAS IS TO THANK GOD FOR GIVING US JESUS TO MAKE US THE CHILDREN OF GOD

Man is liable to the influence of the power of supernatural evil forces till one receive the ‘presence of Almighty God in heaven’. These evil forces cause ill-health in men and women -- physically, mentally and spiritually. As such, many men and women have been trying their best to avoid or do away with the evil forces by religions, rituals, tricks, such as animal sacrifices to gods or goddesses, magic, black magic, and many other ways. But no one can be saved by religion, different practices from evil forces and eternal condemnation, which is the result of man’s sin (disobedience of God’s command).

Only God Can Save Man From Sin

Only God Can Save Man from Sin

Man Can not Earn Salvation:

The Bible tells us that man can not earn salvation through good work but it is a free gift of God through faith.   The reason is :

a. God is Holy. Man must be holy to live with Him. ( Leviticus 11:45; Numbers 15:40; 1 Peter 1:16 ). 

b. Man is sinner and fall short of the glory ( and holiness) of God. (Romans 3:23)

c. Man Can not Do Good Work: All man are sinners deserve the punishment of Holy and Righteous God, as the wage of sin is death (Romans 6:23) As sinner, man cannot do any good work. Every good work man do has an underlying motive of self-centeredness and self-righteousness (Psalm 14:1-3; Isaiah 64:6; Romans 3:12). 

2. Only God Can Save us:

God Wants to Bless You If We Go to Him

Many thousands years ago God told Prophet Isaiah to tell the people of Israel about His plan of ‘Forgiveness’. Isaiah told the people of Israel about this message of God. This message is for all the people of the world. If anyone repent, turn away from sinful life and turn to God; ask God in prayer to forgive his or her sin God will forgive him/her and will make him/her God’s Child and bless him abundantly with every good things in life and eternal life with Him.

GOD CREATED YOU TO GLORIFY HIM

God created us to glorify Him. But no man can glorify Him without His help. God knows our weakness very well, He, therefore, wants us to help us. He wants to bless us with His spiritual blessing so that we may glorify Him in everyway. We cannot receive His help without having a close relationship with Him.