David Johnson
12-29-2004, 02:51 PM
With all the fishing last week, visiting family, travaling, and computer problems I have finally gotten a chance to post my Christmas message. Better late than never :smile:
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"Christmas is more than just a day, it is a frame of mind."
That's a quote from the santa on A Maricle on 34th Street
He was so right!
Christmas is more than just a day on the callandar.
Sure, it is a time to spend with family and friends, sharing the love you have for them but it's also a time to thank God for the biggest gift of all, His son and our Savior, Jesus.
We should be greatfull every day and have that frame of mind all year.
I would like to pass on a Christmas message I received by e-mail from www.Liveprayer.com (http://www.Liveprayer.com)
For God so loved the word, HE GAVE. We celebrate the
greatest gift ever given. We celebrate today the birth of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, God's gift to the world. Today is truly a day of
rejoicing. Because of this gift from God, we can be forgiven of our sins
and reunited with our Creator for eternity.
We must never forget that our time here is very brief and there is an
eternity waiting for us when this journey is complete. I want to focus for
just a minute on this most blessed day, to that split second when our life
on this earth is finished and we are launched into eternity. Do you this
day have the assurance that when your life is complete, your eternity is
going to be spent in Heaven?
If the answer to that question is anything but a resounding YES, then let me
just share this simple truth with you. You see, our God, our Creator so
loved this world, so loved His creation, that He sent His son, His only Son
to be part of this world. Jesus had one mission in this life. It wasn't to
be a great teacher, though He was a great teacher. It wasn't to be a great
prophet, though He was a great prophet. It wasn't to be a great miracle
worker, though He did work many great miracles. No my friend, Jesus came to
this world with only one job...to die.
You see, the reason it was vital for Jesus to be immaculately conceived by
God and born of a virgin was so that He was not infected with the same
problem you and I were born into this life with....sin. Otherwise, the best
He could have done was die for His own sins. Jesus lived on this earth for
some 33 years before it was time to complete His work. That work was
finished on a cross on the hill called Calvary where He hung and then died
as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of this world.
That is why, whosoever believes in Jesus, shall not perish for eternity, but
have everlasting life! Believing in Jesus is the only way to be saved
because it was Jesus who died and was sacrificed for our sins. There are no
other ways to be saved, no other roads back to God, there are no other plans
of salvation. This is God's one and only plan to reconcile his fallen
creation
back to Himself. This is the only way you can escape eternity apart from
the God who created you in His own image. It is through His grace and by
faith in Jesus Christ!
There are many incredible mysteries in the Bible. There are many doctrinal
issues that will never be fully understood until we are in Heaven. But God
made the most important decision of this life very easy and simple to
understand. He gave every one the opportunity to have their sins washed
away and be assured of an eternity in Heaven.
That is why we celebrate Christmas today! That is why we put our faith and
trust in Jesus Christ. The most important decision you will make in this
life is not who you will marry, where you will live, what kind of job you
will have. The most important decision you will make in this life is to
accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.
If you have not done that yet, the Bible says that today is the day of
salvation. I would invite you to go to my website, www.liveprayer.com (http://www.liveprayer.com) and
click on the button that says PLAN OF SALVATION (direct link:
www.liveprayer.com/bdy_salvatn.html (http://www.liveprayer.com/bdy_salvatn.html) ). Read those words, pray that prayer,
and accept today God's gift to you this Christmas, the gift of His son
Jesus.
May God Bless you and your family this season and for the New Year!
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"Christmas is more than just a day, it is a frame of mind."
That's a quote from the santa on A Maricle on 34th Street
He was so right!
Christmas is more than just a day on the callandar.
Sure, it is a time to spend with family and friends, sharing the love you have for them but it's also a time to thank God for the biggest gift of all, His son and our Savior, Jesus.
We should be greatfull every day and have that frame of mind all year.
I would like to pass on a Christmas message I received by e-mail from www.Liveprayer.com (http://www.Liveprayer.com)
For God so loved the word, HE GAVE. We celebrate the
greatest gift ever given. We celebrate today the birth of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, God's gift to the world. Today is truly a day of
rejoicing. Because of this gift from God, we can be forgiven of our sins
and reunited with our Creator for eternity.
We must never forget that our time here is very brief and there is an
eternity waiting for us when this journey is complete. I want to focus for
just a minute on this most blessed day, to that split second when our life
on this earth is finished and we are launched into eternity. Do you this
day have the assurance that when your life is complete, your eternity is
going to be spent in Heaven?
If the answer to that question is anything but a resounding YES, then let me
just share this simple truth with you. You see, our God, our Creator so
loved this world, so loved His creation, that He sent His son, His only Son
to be part of this world. Jesus had one mission in this life. It wasn't to
be a great teacher, though He was a great teacher. It wasn't to be a great
prophet, though He was a great prophet. It wasn't to be a great miracle
worker, though He did work many great miracles. No my friend, Jesus came to
this world with only one job...to die.
You see, the reason it was vital for Jesus to be immaculately conceived by
God and born of a virgin was so that He was not infected with the same
problem you and I were born into this life with....sin. Otherwise, the best
He could have done was die for His own sins. Jesus lived on this earth for
some 33 years before it was time to complete His work. That work was
finished on a cross on the hill called Calvary where He hung and then died
as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of this world.
That is why, whosoever believes in Jesus, shall not perish for eternity, but
have everlasting life! Believing in Jesus is the only way to be saved
because it was Jesus who died and was sacrificed for our sins. There are no
other ways to be saved, no other roads back to God, there are no other plans
of salvation. This is God's one and only plan to reconcile his fallen
creation
back to Himself. This is the only way you can escape eternity apart from
the God who created you in His own image. It is through His grace and by
faith in Jesus Christ!
There are many incredible mysteries in the Bible. There are many doctrinal
issues that will never be fully understood until we are in Heaven. But God
made the most important decision of this life very easy and simple to
understand. He gave every one the opportunity to have their sins washed
away and be assured of an eternity in Heaven.
That is why we celebrate Christmas today! That is why we put our faith and
trust in Jesus Christ. The most important decision you will make in this
life is not who you will marry, where you will live, what kind of job you
will have. The most important decision you will make in this life is to
accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.
If you have not done that yet, the Bible says that today is the day of
salvation. I would invite you to go to my website, www.liveprayer.com (http://www.liveprayer.com) and
click on the button that says PLAN OF SALVATION (direct link:
www.liveprayer.com/bdy_salvatn.html (http://www.liveprayer.com/bdy_salvatn.html) ). Read those words, pray that prayer,
and accept today God's gift to you this Christmas, the gift of His son
Jesus.
May God Bless you and your family this season and for the New Year!