Luke 2:10, "And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people"
Jesus is the gift to the world from the heavenly father. He is love birth at Christmas. He is the joy of God to the world.
Unfortunately the truth of Christmas has been eroded by consumerism and instead of Christmas what most homes experience now is CRISISMAS.
Children know more about Santa Claus today and not as much of Jesus
Who is Santa Claus?
Children are taught that he is the person who performs miracles and wonders every Christmas Eve. He is able to create and deliver virtually any present any child can imagine. He can fly through the sky and deliver these gifts to billions of children all over the world - all during one night. And not just any old presents but exactly the ones desired by each individual child. Santa Claus is actually St Nicholas.
St Nicholas was born during the third century in the village of Patara. His wealthy parents, who raised him to be a devout Christian, died in an epidemic while Nicholas was still young. Obeying Jesus' words to "sell what you own and give the money to the poor," Nicholas used his whole inheritance to assist the needy, the sick, and the suffering. He dedicated his life to serving God and was made while still a young man a Bishop at the age of 19. Nicholas became known throughout the land for his generosity to those in need, his love for children, and his concern for sailors and ships”.
Over the years the image of the generous St. Nicholas changed. Both his appearance and name has been changed, his name shifted to Santa Claus—a natural phonetic alteration from the German Sankt Niklaus and Dutch SINTERKLAAS.
What about Jesus?There are about 1093 prophecies about the Jesus in the Bible
The prophecies were made 100s of years before the birth of Jesus and the prophets all from different era and from different provinces of Israel.
“George Heron, a French mathematician, calculated that the odds of one man fulfilling only 40 of those prophecies are 1 in 10 to the power of 157. That is a 1 followed by 157 zeros. Compare it to this; your odds on winning the national lottery are 14 followed by 6 zeros”.
So did Jesus fulfill the prophecies about His coming, Yes He did.
As we celebrate Christmas let us remember that Jesus is the most important gift of the father, the father’s only son born of a virgin. He is the savior of the world, He is the reconciler, He is the only potentate.
Christmas is the celebration of the gift from a loving God who does not want any to perish but have an everlasting life.
And that is you. Have a merry Christmas.
