The Meaning of Christmas

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 (KJV)


Well, whether we want it to or not, Christmas is upon us.  Year after year we go through the ceremonies of Christmas.  The decorating, the shopping, the meals, (oh the meals), and the music.  I wonder if we really stop to think what Christmas really means.  You say; I know, it's the birth of Christ, right.  You're right so far.  But just what does this birth mean to us?  Over the next few blogs I will talk about the meaning of Christmas.


Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14 (KJV)

In these Old Testament verses God promises to send a virgin born child into this world.  This child is to be Immanuel, which means "God with us".  On that first Christmas day, God came through on His promise. 


Christmas means that God is real !

History records with no doubt that Jesus Christ came into this world and fulfilled these and many other prophesies.  God can be trusted and believed in because He delivered on His promise.  The Bible declares that those who saw Jesus had seen God.  God became man and walked among us.  He ate our food, He drank our water, He felt our pain, He even bled our blood.  Multitudes had heard about God.  They had read about Him and grew up with the stories of Him.  But now they saw Him in the flesh and knew He was real.

If you are questioning the reality of God and heaven, then this should put your doubts to rest.  About 2000 years ago a baby came into this world and became a man like no other.  How He was born, where he was born, how he lived, the miracles he did, even the death he died were all prophesied hundreds to thousands of years earlier.  The God of heaven, creator of earth and all that is in it, went out on a limb.  He staked His whole reputation and credibility on this baby.  The birth of Christ confirmed the reality of God.

Evolution can't be reproduced or proven.  Atheism can't be proven.  But, we can prove Jesus!  Christmas produced a real baby, a real man, and a real saviour.  Two millennia later, our world has never been the same.  Since that first Christmas night, everywhere the Gospel of Christ has reached it has changed people and societies.  Christianity has its objectors and deniers, but they can't take you back to a manger or a child and say here is where our faith became real.  Here is where we can prove the promise of our god.  Here is where things changed.  But we can. 

We know that Christmas means that God is real!  We have seen Him and He is all the Bible claimed him to be.  Have you seen Jesus?  Is He real to you.  In the midst of your shopping and decorating, will you stop to acknowledge that God is real and that He sent His son into the world to be mankind's savior?  Will you ask this Saviour to become yours?  Will you let his forgiveness and love become your reality?  This real God is just a prayer away and Christmas would be a great time to accept His free gift of salvation.

Just Saying