The Meaning of Christmas #3

Joh 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

From the first two posts, I shared that Christmas means that God is real and that God is God.  From John 3:16 we see that God sent His son to be born on earth in a human body.  This happened on Christmas day as Jesus was born in Bethlehem.  It is obvious that God would not have given His son to come to earth and die for the sins of mankind unless He really cared.  Christmas in not just an historical event that has become a major economic boon for merchants around the world.  It is a constant reminder that God really cares. 

God cares so much for every individual He has created that He reached down in love with the greatest gift ever given.  Even though man sinned causing a great separation, God still wanted us to spend eternity with Him in heaven.  Sometimes we may feel that God is a long way off and that He really doesn't understand our burdens.  However, Christmas is a vivid reminder that God does care about us.  He cared enough to reach down.

God also cared enough to reach in.  Each one of us has a heart darkened by sin.  We don't like to submit our will to God and we often close our heart to His call.  But God loved us enough to reach into our hearts with the witness of the Holy Spirit.  The prophets foretold his birth, the angels declared the night and the star stood over the child, but beyond all this, God spoke to our lost heart and gave us grace to understand His love.

Christmas means that God really cares for us.  He cared enough to reach down, to reach in and in the process of time to reach out to us with a gospel witness.  The Bible says that how shall they hear except there be a preacher.  When Jesus was born, God sent angels to witness to shepherds and shepherds to witness to a town.  Christmas shows God is concerned that we know He is reaching out to us.  Two thousand years later God is still reaching out to us.  Someone carried the gospel to us and shared the message of salvation.  God is still reaching out with this same witness each day.  God may be using me and this blog to reach out to someone today with a call to receive Christ as saviour.  God says, today is the day of salvation and that we should not delay or boast ourselves of a tomorrow that we might not ever see. 

Christmas means that God cares.  He cares for your soul.  He sent His only begotten son and he is calling you to trust in Christ for salvation.  Will you accept His love and care?  You can call upon the name of the Lord today. 

Just Saying