A quick reminder amid all the holiday hustle and bustle:
The death and resurrection of Jesus is the reason for His birth. Our sin is the reason we must be redeemed by His death and justified by His resurrection.
…believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead, who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification. Romans 4:24-25
So, the real reason we celebrate Christmas is sin. Our sin is the need. God’s Son is the answer.
“She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21
“For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.” Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:11-14
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16
When we celebrate Christ’s birth, we recognize His death and resurrection, and also His return!
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever. 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Easter, until He returns!
Dean
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*All Scripture quotations in this article are from the World English Bible (WEB).
