“…Jesus said “It is finished.” With that, He
bowed His head and gave up His Spirit.”
We discussed this verse last Easter, but it deserves
consideration at Christmas.
What was finished at Calvary, began 33 years earlier in Jerusalem. What Christ finished on the Cross, God had begun in a manger.
What was finished at Calvary, began 33 years earlier in Jerusalem. What Christ finished on the Cross, God had begun in a manger.
In November of 1992 my first child was born. That December was the first time I understood Christmas. It was the first time I got an inkling of what we celebrate. Holding my son in my arms made God's gift seem incomprehensible, and I began to see Christmas in a new light. There was no joy in Heaven that first Christmas…That was the deployment of a rescue mission ...the joy came at Easter when it was finished.
This Christmas season we need to consider the agonizing, choice an all-knowing God made for us.
Beginning the process of redemption, knowing full well, it would end at the Cross is an act of unequaled love. Joy to the world, was heartbreak to the Father...if you ever questioned your value in God's eyes, Christmas is His answer.
This holiday season, fall to your knees and worship a God
who on that first Christmas, knowing the cost, chose to give His only begotten
son … whom He loves…so you and I would not perish but live with Him forever. What
an amazing God…what amazing grace.
That was the “good news of great joy” the angels proclaimed
… and it is the only Christmas gift that matters.
That was the “good news of great joy” the angels proclaimed
… and it is the only Christmas gift that matters.
"The difference between Christianity and other religions. Is the difference between
Works and Grace, or Do and Done."
Rick Warren
Rick Warren
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