[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] Why Christmas?

[Eric Calhoun]

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From: "revjoe2701 at comcast.net" <revjoe2701 at comcast.net>
To: "-???---Rev. Joe Diaz---???" <revjoe2701 at comcast.net>
Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] Why Christmas?
Date: 
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:58:14 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

 





 

Why Christmas? 

by Dr. Larry Ollison 

 

Last week I heard a disgruntled shopper complaining to a cashier in a
department store. His comment was, "Why do we have this Christmas thing
anyway? Who's idea was it to have this holiday?" Well, the answer to that
question is easy. The commercialized holiday was man's idea, but the event
we celebrate was God's idea.

 

When it comes down to it, some people don't have any comprehension why
Jesus
came to earth. Why was He born here and why did He live a physical life
of
thirty-three years? What was the purpose anyway?


To give a complete answer in this article is impossible, but I will give
you
an brief overview. With a little study, you will see that Christmas is
not
just celebrating the birth of an ordinary child, but the celebration of a
great God with a great plan for you and me.

 

First and foremost, God sent Jesus to restore His relationship with
mankind
and make a way for man to have everlasting life. (Luke 19:10 MSG; John
3:16
) Because man sinned and had separated himself from God (with the help of
the devil), God developed a plan to restore the relationship. (Gen. 3.)


Without God, man was destined for death. God's plan was to bring life and
to
destroy death and destruction forever. 

 

According to the Bible, (1 John 3:8) says "For this purpose the Son of
God
was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil." 

 

Jesus did not come to condemn the world. He explains why He came in (John
3:17): "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through Him might be saved."

 

Jesus was not born just to give us a holiday. Jesus was born as the first
part of God's plan to deliver man out of the bondage of sin. When we
accept
Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we help to complete God's plan. 

 

Jesus is not a holiday icon. God had a purpose in sending His Son to us. 
[The Father] has delivered us and drawn us to Himself out of the control
and
dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son
of
His love in whom we have our redemption" (Colossians 1:13-14 AMP). 



Jesus is truly the Savior of the world. Celebrating His birth is a time
of
great love, peace, joy, and compassion. 

 

Merry Christmas!