Happy Christmas eve everyone!
Being in the Christmas season, Christmas is a time where we are reminded that Jesus was born to redeem man from the grip of the devil and unite them to God, which was His purpose on earth through His death. His coming was a new beginning as He is the new and last Adam which was why the heavenly host gave glory to God, God and sinners reconciled, God became a man, all these were a perfect heavenly plan which was fulfilled in Jesus. And today being the day before Christmas, we need to properly understand God’s gift to man, and this is my focus in today's write-up.
The popular Bible verse of John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” God gave us a gift Who is Jesus, and why is the gift of God very important to us? He [and not it] is important because the gift of God became our peace offering. This offering explains a form of thanksgiving to God for what we have gained through the fulfillment of Jesus’ coming. Jesus stood as a propitiation for our sins, in other words, He stood in our place when we were meant to be condemned, He took the condemnation for our sake and gave us His righteousness as an exchange.
Jesus took our place and God’s wrath was satisfied. And as a result of that God raised Him up and glorified Him. He was the new and last Adam, an Adam Who was not separated from God, not only was He not separated from God, He is God Himself, and also Man, in other words, Jesus is 100% God and 100% man. He came to end our sufferings so that we can have a brand new beginning. This is why if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old life has gone, the new life in Christ Jesus has come, (ref.: 2 Corinthians 5:17) every past record has been made clean, you have been reconciled back to God, because we have a brand new life under Jesus our Adam, what perfect gift God gave us (ref.: 2 Corinthians 5:18).
So, as we share gifts, we should not just remember the reason for the season, we should also remember the purpose for the season, that He gave, so that we would know why and how to give. We are alive today because God gave, and His gift abides with us forever [to those who accepted Jesus our gift, as our personal Lord, Saviour and new life].
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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GOD BLESS YOU.
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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