If you don't preach the holiness of God in such a way that your people don't see themselves as the sinners they are, then they'll never truly see how great a Savior they have. ~ Chan Kilgore
I am quite fond of Christmas. So much so that anytime i think of the season, any anxiety i feel ebbs, a sense of true joy (which is a rarity for me) begins to flow through me. The thing is though, Christmas is only the announcement of the coming of the Hope of mankind. We cannot leave the image of the precious newborn baby, and the imagined peaceful setting, the singing of the Angels to the shepherds. The young boy grew up, and but for a pair of brief glimpses of Jesus growing up in Luke 2, we are led to the ultimate purpose of Christ's humbling Himself. To live a holy, perfect, life, to offer Himself up in our place for punishment of the sins we have committed, and then to rise again on the third day to defeat death.
Christianity is unique among all the faiths of the world. It is the only faith where the object of our worship, took the initiative to not only come up with the plan, but then ensure that the plan was fulfilled in perfect Holiness, and Justice. The Worshipped provides the path for those who have faith in that plan, and even that was not of the worshipper, but of the object of that worship.
The birth, led to the life, that led to the demonstration, that led to the teaching, that led to the sacrifice, that led to the defeat of our ultimate enemy. These brief post cannot possibly adequately convey all that has truly taken place, but i do pray that if you find this, and you feel the tug of God on your heart. Pray. Ask Him to reveal Himself to you, and seek out others to worship among. I am praying for you as well.
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