Christmas: A Day to Contemplate God's Love
John
3:16-17 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not
send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through
him.
God has given us the most unique and special gift
anyone could ever receive. Even though we are all sinners and none of us have
any righteousness on our own (Romans 3:10 & 23),
Jesus gave His life to pay a debt for us. that we could never pay (Ephesians 2:4-10). Through these verses of scripture, we
can see that we receive our salvation freely through the grace of God, not
because of anything we might ever do.
Our Lord and
Savior, Christ Jesus, grants the gift of eternal life to a lost world that can
never save themselves. God gives us this most special gift out of love for
humanity and no other reason. A remarkable aspect of this is that Christ Jesus
knew us before the world's foundations were put in place (Ephesians 1:4). God could also see ahead to the Cross
of Calvary long before the world began. We will all receive beautiful gifts
from our loved ones and friends on this day. What a blessing for the receiver
of these gifts and the giver.
However, the world
only makes things that wear out, and soon after we receive or give these gifts,
we will forget about them. There is a massive difference in the gift that God
offers us; we will always remember His blessing, and it will never wear out. As
the years go by, this special gift from God will become sweeter and sweeter,
and the salvation this gift brings will become brighter and brighter. There are
so many aspects of this special gift from God that there is not enough room in
this writing to cover them all. One last attribute of God's unique gift that we
will mention here is His Holy Word. We can spend our entire lives reading and
studying the Bible and never find the end of the road of our study.
God's Word is the
most incredible love story ever written, for it is His plan of salvation
through Christ Jesus. From the beginning words of Genesis to Malachi's final
sentence, the Old Testament is about the promise of the coming Messiah; the New
Testament is the birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Christ
Jesus, the true Messiah, the savior of the world. Additionally, it tells the
beautiful story of the Gospel being spread to the ends of the earth. Closing
with a Revelation of what is to come when Jesus comes back for His children and
come back, He will!
Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into
the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come
back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven " (Acts 1:11).
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