I Love Jesus

 John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 The story of the life Jesus Christ did not begin in Nazareth or Bethlehem but in eternity. It is true that Jesus of Nazareth was God, it is even more correct to say that God became Jesus of Nazareth. "In the beginning was word, and the word was with God, and the word was God Himself (Jn 1:1).

Looking down over the battlement of heaven Jesus saw this planet swinging in space - doomed, damned, crushed, and bound for hell, He saw you and me struggling beneath our load of sin and bound in the chains and ropes of sin. He made His decision in the council halls of God. The angelic hosts bowed in humility and awe as heaven's prince of princes and Lord of Lords, who could speak worlds into space, got into His jeweled chariot, went through pearly gates and cross the steep of the skies, and on a black judean night, while the stars sang together and the escorting angels chanted His praises, stepped out of the chariot, threw off His robes, and became man!

He came to reveal God to men. He told us of the mercy and long-suffering and grace of God. He promised life everlasting. But more than that, Jesus Christ partook of flesh and blood in order that He might die (Hebrews 2:14) "He was manifested to take away our sins" (1 John 3:5). 

The very purpose of Christ's coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sin of men.

All the days of His life on earth He never once committed a sin. He is the only man who ever lived who was sinless. He could stand in front of men and ask, "which of you convinceth me of sin" (John 8:46). He was without spot or blemish.

Jesus lived a humble life. He made Himself of no reputation. He received no honor of men He was born in a stable. He was reared in the insignificant village of Nazareth. He was a carpenter. He gathered around Him a humble group of fishermen as His followers. He walked among men as a man. He humbled Himself as no other man has ever humbled himself.

Jesus taught with such authority that the people of His day said, "Never man spake like this man" (John 7:46). Every word that He spoke was scientifically true. Every word the He spoke was ethically true. There were no loopholes in the moral conceptions and statements of Jesus Christ. His ethical vision was wholly correct, correct in the age in which He lived and correct in every age that has followed it. The words of this blessed person were prophetically true. He prophesied many things that are even yet in the future. Lawyers tried to catch Him with test questions, but they could never confuse Him. His answers to opponents were clear and cleancut. There were no question marks about His statements, no deception in His meaning, no hesitancy in His words.

The LORD Jesus cured the sick, the lame, the halt, and the blind. He quieted the elements. He stilled stoms. He brought peace, joy, and hope to the thousands to whom He ministered.

Jesus approached His cross with dignity and calmness, with an assurance and a set purpose that fulfilled the prophecy written about Him eight hundred years earlier; "He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth" (Isaiah 53:7).

As we are celebrating Christmas, one must take note of the above testament and know very sure that Jesus Christ is the reason for the season.

***Merry Christmas 

From God With Us international ministries