THE TRUTH IS WORTH CELEBRATING

So keep your heart, soul and mind on Jesus. Not the Jesus that is falsely testified about or created from the minds and hearts of people, but the true God/Man who is found by reading the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and is proclaimed throughout the Old Testament books of the Bible. This Jesus is the coming Messiah and the one whose life is celebrated around the world this time of year for reasons that many still have not heard about, understood or believed! The countless lives that have been changed because of God’s unfathomable gift, however, have done so only by reading the bible and receiving the truth in it for themselves. They have learned that the birth of Jesus was the beginning of the end of eternal spiritual death! This is the real reason why Christmas is a big deal and is something worth celebrating!

THE LIFE THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

The awesome reality to understand and believe in this Christmas season is the same as years past that God has made it possible for us to know him personally! He did what only he could do and took on a human face. He came to earth as a man and called himself Jesus Christ. God did this so he could feel our pain, be tempted and tried as we are, and to show us his nature. He wanted us to be able to relate to him. The bible calls Jesus the express image or the exact likeness of God. He is the same as the Father in all ways. If we get to know Jesus for who he truly is as communicated in the bible we will see that he lived a life that only God could live: a sinless life. Jesus never lied, stole, committed adultery or lusted after another person, coveted, murdered or hated someone, worshiped idols, or used his Father’s name in vain. Because Jesus was truly righteous and never turned his back on his Father the blood he shed on the cross for our sins is the only thing valuable enough to free us from our sins. Just like a gift we must claim the blood of Jesus for ourselves. Have you ever lied, stole, committed adultery or lusted after a person, coveted a persons things, murdered or hated someone, worshiped idols, used the name of God in vain, or dishonored your parents? If so you need to be saved from the eternal consequence for those choices: eternal separation from God which is death. All of us will die once in the body. But those who believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of their sins will not die twice. Have you claimed for yourself the blood of Jesus Christ? It is God’s free gift to you for the forgiveness of your sins!