Jesus came as a lowly babe in a manger.
No commercialism there in the manger.
No bright lights flashing.
No one even cared where He was born.
There were no Christmas trees.
There was no booze parties conducted.
He came for others.
He came for the world, who had rejected Him.
He came for the harlot that sells her body.
He came for the homosexual who shames his/her body.
He came for the drunk lying in the gutter.
He came for the business man that has no time for God or the
real meaning of Christmas.
He came for the housewife who busies herself with the
shopping and cooking.
He came for the little boy who wants a bicycle under the
tree.
He came for the broken hearted.
He came for the wealthy.
He came for you.
Why don’t you give yourself to Him?
Some people still look at Him as being in a manger.
The birth of Christ was not a mere crib scene.
The birth of Christ is not a picture that we paste in a
scrap book to look at on rainy days.
If you leave Him in the manger, you eliminate His deity and
His purpose.
The birth of Christ was step one in the redemptive plan for
fallen man.
Don’t leave Him in the Manger.
“Good tidings of Great Joy to all people: A Savior is born.”
The angel’s announcement wasn’t just that Christ, a babe,
was born, but rather God’s delivering promise had begun.
God gave His Son with no regard to expectations.
The “good tidings of great joy”, was the death of Christ on
Calvary’s cross and the resurrection of a living Savior for all people.
What could be of greater joy than being free from the
bondage of sin?
The death, burial, and resurrection, was the emphasis of the
announcement.
That’s what the Christmas story is.
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