Let’s read Isaiah 9:6
“For
unto us a CHILD is born, Unto
us a SON is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace”
Was JESUS born on
Christmas day? YES. Was CHRIST born on Christmas day? NO. If you are startled
by my answer to the second question, read the above scripture portion again – “Unto
us JESUS is born, Unto us CHRIST is given..!”
Christ (the Son of God)
was given to us in the form of
JESUS (the Son of Man). That is the reason why “Christ Jesus” is referred to as
“100% God and 100% Man”.
The Apostle John
described this phenomenon of “the ever-existent Christ” more vividly. John 1:1 –
“In the beginning was CHRIST (the Word), and CHRIST (the Word) was with
God, and Christ (the Word) was God. He (CHRIST) was in
the beginning with God. All things were made through Him (CHRIST),
and without Him (CHRIST) nothing was made that was made. In Him
(CHRIST) was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light (CHRIST) shines in the darkness, and the
darkness did not comprehend it (HIM)”
Christmas
is not merely a birthday of one of
the many “man-made-gods”. It is the manifestation
of ETERNAL LIFE (read 1 John 1:1-4) by the ever-existent, all powerful,
one-and-only CHRIST through JESUS...!!
The
EVERLASTING FATHER became a child; The
MIGHTY GOD became a sacrificial lamb;
The PRINCE OF PEACE bore the most
painful death on the cross. And He did all of this to SAVE you and me from the perils
of SIN and to gift us with ETERNAL LIFE...!!
CHRISTMAS is the only
festival which is not about the festivities ATALL. CHRISTMAS is not about all the
celebration but all about the celebrity (CHRIST) of the celebration...!
Celebrate the SON of
God (CHRIST) who was given to us; Follow the SON of Man (JESUS) who was slain
for us..!!
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