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.
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He alos justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:28-31
John 3:16 (KJV)
One of most difficult moment in the whole human history was
that of slavery to sin, there needs to be a redeemer, who has to bear the
consequences of the sin of mankind. There was no answer for the human cry and
his discomfort and his meaningless life and his consequences for his sin. But God had a
plan, no man could ever even think of –
The Birth of Jesus
Christ is the miracle of Christmas:
There was never before a moment in history of mankind as
beautiful as the birth of Jesus Christ. The miracle of Christmas is the birth
of Jesus Christ – Born unto a virgin, by the work of Holy Spirit. A sinless
birth, for David says in “Psalm 51:5 ASV Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me. “ It is to denote the sin of the mankind - The sin at the garden of eden.
Jesus Christ –
Immanuel – "God is with us":
The birth of Jesus Christ is the only hope for all the human
creation to have a relationship with the Father, the God himself. It was God’s
plan, it was his creation, it was himself who overcame everything, nothing
stopped him from achieving God’s will, no not even death could hold him.
Jesus Christ – The
Redeemer:
If ever there was an opportunity for us to go back to the
past, we would always went back and did the right thing. That is what most of
us say, If only I had another chance.
If only I didn't said that word, If only I didn't do that to
them, or If only I did something better. The greener grass is always on the
other side.
With the advent of new technology and development in
science, we try to find the solutions for the problems of past. We try to
change our perspectives on those hurting moments and hurting people.
We try to ignore, sometimes we try to learn from our past
mistakes so that we may not have to do it in the future. But we always want another
chance. Our God is a God of second chance, no doubt about it.. For he says
"For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
He is not against us “If God is for us, who can be against us?”
The advent of new methods to overcome failures, discouragement,
pain and sufferings, sin..., Is to find a devise which could take us back to
our past, If only becomes If I go there.. I will go back and do well. I will not
fail, I will do the best. But no man has ever found such a devise or has found
any way. Even if such devise or if he finds any other way, it would bring no meaning
and purpose for life.
In fact there are many ways in which things are modified
today, we can find genetically modified crops, experiment in plants and
animals.. Cloning.... but yet we found nothing closer to the one God has
already done thousands of years ago.
God has a different answer for all the human sufferings,
Sins, human search for wisdom, power, way for peace...etc., God sent us his only
son made in human form, by all means tempted like us, but yet found blameless and
sinless... obedience unto the point of death, death itself, crucifixion - death
at the cross. Resurrected with the power of God, guided by the Holy Spirit, and
accomplished the will of the father. He gives us the opportunity for us to go
back to our past, his death at cross means much more than anything that we could
ever think of. He forgave us our sins. Not only that "those who believe in
him will have everlasting life" that means, we have been forgiven our
wrongs - our past mistakes have been forgiven, and he has given us the gift of
everlasting life. This means that we have gone back to our past, but found to
be not with sin, though we have done wrong. God does not punish or Judge or
condemn, but gives us the gift of everlasting life, this and all are possible only
because of the life that Jesus has given us. He took the lowest form, by
becoming like one of us - but yet he is the highest of all.
By this he had made us to have a perfect past, present and
future.
He lives forever; he is same as yesterday, today and forever. The message and the miracle of Christmas is this, that though he
is not as human form with us today, he said that Holy Spirit will enable us to
understand the truth, he will help us, guide us, motivate us. And For us, we
have to be examples for others; we have to make others understand this miracle
- to take place in their lives too. The message of Christmas is to share this
love that father shared with us through Jesus Christ. We have to bring about a
change in the lives of many, for God loved everyone and he does not like anyone one to perish, nor he forsake anyone for their faults and limits, but he bare
the weight and asked us to come to him when we are in trouble. Jesus Christ is
the way to the Father. If we have accepted him, we have seen the father in
heaven – The God himself.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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