So every year Christians proclaim that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus. OK, now what? Let’s say someone believes that a celebration called “Christmas” is about the birth of Jesus. Would this mean they are saved? No. Because even those who desired to kill Jesus knew He was born and I’m sure they knew the exact and actual birth date.
So it is incumbent upon Christians to carry the Christmas message an extra mile. (Whether or not you are a Christian, please keep reading.) Many Christians work very hard, to tell everyone Christmas is about the birth of Jesus. However, there are a great many things we must help others understand. So that the message is told, that frees those who believe from condemnation.
Jesus, is not simply a baby born in a miracle to a virgin. Even before the manger, He was One with the Father and pre-existed time its self.
Isaiah 48:12-16 (New American Standard Bible)
12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called;
I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.
13 “Surely My hand founded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I call to them, they stand together.
14 “Assemble, all of you, and listen!
Who among them has declared these things?
The LORD loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 “I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
16 “Come near to Me, listen to this:
From the first I have not spoken in secret,
From the time it took place, I was there
And now the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit.”
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Christ is the ONLY way to God and the One through whom the world was made.
Hebrews 1:1-2 (New American Standard Bible)
1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.
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One with God the Father and God in flesh, John 1.
We must let the world know He was more than a baby in a manger, but the First and the Last.
Revelation 1:17-18 (New American Standard Bible)
17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,
18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
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The Alpha and the Omega.
Revelation 22:12-14 (New American Standard Bible)
12 “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done.
13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.
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Died and rose again. Man’s only hope for salvation.
Romans 10:9-13 (New American Standard Bible)
9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.”
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;
13 for “WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.”
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His blood was shed for sin and only His blood will wash those who beleive.
Revelation 7:14 (New American Standard Bible)
14 I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Because no other name can save anyone.
Acts 4:12 (New American Standard Bible)
12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
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We’ve got to give more than the message of the manger, we’ve got to give the message that proclaims Jesus is Christ and the ONLY means for anyone’s salvation.
John 3:13-21 (New American Standard Bible)
13 “No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man. 14″ As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
18 “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 “This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
20 “For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21 “But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”
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I pray all of you have a Merry Christmas and strive to take the message of the Lord Jesus Christ beyond the manger.
December 25th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
IC hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for another great post and I will bear this in mind in the coming year. Again thanks.
December 26th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Well, my daughter received that Holiday Barbie she wanted and I’ll admit that Christmas is more commercial and traditional but Jesus focused more on His death and resurrection, plus He encouraged us to do the same. I believe as she gets older, she’ll fully understand.