eDevotion
Encouragement
for your daily walk with God
Ah,
Christmas is nearly upon us. Usually at this time of year we are asked, “What
would you like for Christmas?” Our culture responds with, “Whatever you want.”
Whatever it is that makes you happy, that satisfies you; whatever it is that
fulfills your ambitions, your desires and your dreams; that’s what Christmas
offers you.
That is a very confusing message and a very
unbiblical one. It complicates what should be a very simple
answer. In a word, what Christmas offers you is Christ. That is the
simple, straightforward, one word answer to, what is for some, a confusing
issue. Christ is Christmas. He’s the main object of both Old and New
Testaments. If you have Christ, you have everything. If you don’t have Christ,
you have nothing.
We have only one Christmas message and that is
Christ. Why Christ, you ask? The author of Hebrews put it this way:
He is superior to angels [1:4] having a more
excellent name than they
He is greater than Moses [3:3]
He is a better High Priest [4:14-15]
He is greater than Abraham and Melchizedek [7:1-7]
He is better than Aaron [7:11]
He made a better covenant [7:22]
He was the greater sacrifice [9:11-12]
AND MORE!
Christ is our Christmas message - nothing more,
nothing less.
Lets not be bashful in our celebration of
Christmas. Let’s be bold, not arrogant or militant, but CONFIDENT in
celebrating our Savior.
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