I had several
different messages I thought of bringing to you wonderful folks, yet this is
the one He has laid on my heart as a Christmas Gift & Message. Please,
forgive this layman's attempt at transcribing such a precious message.
By one man,
Adam, our complete fellowship with our Heavenly Father was disrupted. A veil
between HIS Holiness and our Humanness was introduced through Adam’s choice to
go his own way. God’s desire was to receive the unconditional Praise, Worship
and Love of HIS creation. It was God’s design for us to walk with HIM in the
cool of the evening, to commune as one family. His Love For Us – established
before the very foundation of the earth.
Adam chose to
defy our Precious Father – hence convicting every single generation of his
offspring to pain, suffering and death. Both spiritually and physically – death
was the ultimate penalty for this transgression. There were several major
transactions that took place that day in the Garden, not the least of which was
curse of sin. Adam’s race through one simple act of eating of the forbidden
fruit was condemned to slavery. Every child of the human race since that day
has been born a sinner, born into the bonds of sin slavery, the direct results
of a choice to have our will and not God’s.
To fully
understand the significance of a baby born in Bethlehem 2000+ years ago, you
must fully understand the Theology of Creation, and the doctrine of sin. If you
don’t understand or believe these things, then this celebrated day of
remembrance has no meaning or value to you. The post modern culture that we
find ourselves immersed in, simply replaces the True meaning, with symbolism
and materialism to fill that emptiness.
Truth be told,
those things never truly fill the void of not having God present in a man’s
heart. Satan has sold the lie to the world quite well, and he is smiling and
rolling on the floor laughing in cynical joy for the souls he has destroyed.
For the Truth of Christmas is that of a miracle, that a young Jewish girl named
Mary was touched by the Holy Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit planted the seed of
Truth & Life in this woman that the Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God
could come into this fallen world. That a Single Child, one lone being (God
incarnate) came into this world on a dark cold night with one purpose – and one
purpose only. He came to save the human race from the curse of sin bondage.
HE was born of
a virgin, walked this earth for 33 years, ministering to common man, the down
trodden, the oppressed, the poor, the sick, the needy and the dying. Jesus came
to us and corrected our view of the Law by showing us the Heart of God, and
announced to the world that He was here to fulfill the law and prophesy of old.
He commanded us to LOVE one another, as He loved His Church, to the point of
spreading HIS arms wide open, and dying for those that literally nailed HIM to
the cross.
A SINGLE GIFT
OF SACRIFICE – He offered up Himself from his first breath in that manger in
Bethlehem, to the last breath He took as He laid down His life on that Cross 33
years later. HE came to this earth with one purpose; to bruise the head of that
old serpent with the heel of His foot, saving humanity from the bonds of sin.
That Christmas
gift of long ago tore the veil that separated us from the Heavenly Father
giving us untethered access to God. For through accepting His gift (once again
a choice we must make), dying to ourselves, and yielding to Him we can once
again stand before GOD – wrapped in the Love and Righteousness of HIS Son –
Jesus Christ, the TRUTH in Christmas! Please, please let me introduce you to
this Wonderful man that has called me friend! For yet a little time, HE holds
the door of Grace open for those to walk through that heed the call. Don’t
spend another Christmas without HIM, don’t be left to a dark empty eternity.
Choose Christ, and have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!
From the
Manger to the Cross – Remember His Love, Obedience, Sacrifice and GIFT this
Christmas!
Your Friend,
RC
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