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It took me 41 years of celebrating the birth of Jesus to realize this truth: the Bible’s Christmas is more crazy than baby. Read the two accounts of Jesus’ birth in the Bible—Matthew 1 and Luke 2—and the baby Jesus is barely mentioned.
Dec 24, 2019 · To help you better appreciate the narrative, here are nine things you should know about the Christmas story: 1. Throughout church history, the date of Jesus’s birth has been proposed on numerous days, including March 21, April 15, and May 20. Since the fourth or fifth century, though, Christians have traditionally dated the Annunciation—the ...
- Where Was Jesus Before The First Christmas?
- Jesus of Christmas Past
- Where Is Jesus in The present?
- Who Is The Jesus of The Future?
- What Does This Means For Us Today?
One of the most poignant Christmas cards I ever received depicted the Father looking down on tiny planet earth, waving goodbye to His Son. To better appreciate this, let’s look at who Jesus was before the first Christmas. Hundreds of years before the incarnation, Isaiah saw Jesus in His glory (John 12:41). This glimpse of Jesus before His incarnati...
Hundreds of years after Isaiah’s vision, the glorious One “made himself nothing” and visited earth as a helpless baby. Paul describes Christ’s humility in Philippians 2:5-11. The one who’d filled the universe limited Himself to one human body. The angels that had worshipped and served Jesus nine months earlier in heaven now announced His birth to s...
Jesus fulfilled His mission to pay the penalty for our sins. After dying on the cross, God raised Him from the dead, and He ascended into heaven. God exalted Jesus to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names (Phil. 2:9). Today He reigns in indescribable glory.
Before Jesus ascended into heaven, He promised His disciples He would prepare a place in heaven for us so that we can be with Him forever (John 14:2-3). He will return for His bride, the church. Then we will reign with Him forever (Rev. 3:21). Our future is secure in Christ. Look how the apostle John describes our glorious future with Christ.
Jesus is called Immanuel, God with us (Isaiah 7:14). He dwells in the hearts of every believer. Consider how Paul’s words apply to us who are still alive on earth. Jesus is no longer the babe in a manger. He is our King and our life. His life in me changes everything! The Christian life isn’t me trying to be more like Jesus. It’s letting Jesus expr...
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Dec 10, 2023 · In Jesus, a man did not become God. Rather, God became man. We say that Jesus is fully God and fully man in one person, but we do not mean that he became God and man at the same time. There is a profound asymmetry in the story of the God-man: he has been God for all eternity, and he became man at the first Christmas. 2. Jesus Was Made Like Us
What Does Jesus Think About Christmas? During a special Christmas Eve service, Dr. Michael Youssef reminds us of a unique outlook: Jesus’ perspective of Christmas. Our Savior was born for a purpose, knew His mission, and fulfilled it—and because of His sacrifice, we can spend eternity with Him.
Jesus will be with me always, no matter what, until I see his face at his glorious return. What might happen this Christmas if you let X mark the spot? Write it in your calendar, save it as the wallpaper of your phone, or trace it over your own heart, remembering Christ’s words: “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age ...
Dec 21, 2023 · Christmas is a season of spiritual reflection on the foundations of the Christian faith. It’s also a celebration of the arrival of Jesus. Christmas is a time for Christians to praise God’s love for the world through the birth of the Christ child: Jesus.
