Most people who celebrate Christmas in America may not realize what they are celebrating - or why!
So what IS Christmas, you ask? It is the time when followers of Jesus Christ choose to celebrate the birth of their Savior; the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Messiah, who came to earth to redeem lost sinners by sacrificing Himself on the cross, dying, being buried, and who was resurrected on the third day to live eternally. Hundreds of prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus Christ when He was here in human form.
In God's Word, the Holy Bible (KJV) we are told of The Messiah, and God the Father's plan to send His Son to die for our sins.
God's promise to send a Deliverer who will crush Satan:
Genesis 3:15
"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
God's promise that The Messiah would be born of a virgin:
Isaiah 7:14
"Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." (Immanuel means God with us.)
God's promise to give His Son, who is also God:
Isaiah 9:6
"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."
John 1:14
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
God's Word says Jesus is The Saviour:
Luke 2:11
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."
Acts 5:30-31
"The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins."
God is the ONLY Saviour:
Isaiah 43:11
"I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour."
Jesus IS God:
Collossians 2:9
"For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily."
Jesus gave Himself to deliver us.
Galatians 1:4-5
"Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: To whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen."
Jesus Saves!
Romans 1:16
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
Phillipians 2:5-11
"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;
And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
That is the true meaning of Christmas! Praise The Lord!!
Thank you, Lord. Maranatha!!
And a Merry Christmas to all who believe on the name of The Son of God!
