God's Greatest Gift

When we think of Christmas we often think about gifts, family, eating, parties, and decorations.  We may also think of all the busyness that the season brings.  We also remember the stress and anxiety.  Some people may even experience sadness this time of the year because they are missing loved ones that are no longer with them.

Sometimes in the midst of all the preparations and decorating we forget what Christmas is truly about.  Most of the Christmas music on the radio station where I live makes no mention of the true meaning of Christmas.  Many people have no idea of the greatness of Christmas and that it is for all people.

God the Creator of everything that is seen and unseen sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to this world to demonstrate His great love for human kind.  God sent Jesus on a rescue mission to save us from our sins.  We have all sinned and we have all fallen short of His high standards.  The wages of our sins is death.  There is not one of us that is good enough to earn our salvation and there is none of us that is good enough to gain entrance into Heaven on our own.  There is not one of us that is good enough on our own.  We are all deserving of being eternally separated from God and placed into a literal hell forever.

The good news is that we don't have to go to hell and be separated from God forever because He made a way for us to be reconciled back to Himself through His one and only Son, Jesus Christ (Romans 5:8, John 3:16).  God sent Jesus into this world to be born of a virgin to be our Immanuel, which means "God with us."

Matthew 1:18-25 tells us all about the coming of our Savior Jesus Christ who was born of a virgin a that He came to be, "God with us" our long awaited Immanuel.  The Lord sent the greatest gift that has ever been given.

I rejoice at the birth of Jesus Christ at His first coming to the earth.  I am thankful and grateful that the story doesn't stop there.  Jesus would grow up and live a perfect and sinless life.  The story would eventually end up at the top of a hill called Calvary where Jesus was nailed to an old rugged Cross to die for the sins of the entire world.  

Thankfully the story didn't stop there either, but on the third day Jesus rose from the dead to show us that He is indeed God and He is now at the right hand of the Father.  One Day Jesus will come back to this earth and reign as the King of kings and Lord of lords when He brings the Kingdom of God to the earth in full completion.

We are all invited to receive God's gift to us and that is forgiveness of our sins and eternal life in Heaven, but just like any gift we must receive it.  We must receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior in order to have our sins forgiven.  We must come humbly to the Lord in prayer and confess our sinfulness to Him.  We must also repent of our sins and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

God is ready to forgive us through the shed blood of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.  Have we received God's greatest gift?

I thank you for taking the time out of your busyness and reading my blog.  I really do appreciate it.  I just want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and may God bless you abundantly in the year ahead.

Lord,
We praise Your Name.
Thank You O God for sending Jesus to save us sinners by dying on the Cross.
Thank You for You love for us.
Lead us and guide us by Your Holy Spirit.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.