Christmas is not only about the celebration of the birth of Christ. It’s also the celebration of what Christ came to do on earth and the celebration of what we became through his birth.
Before the birth of Christ, many prophets had foretold his coming. His coming was foretold to be different from anyone else who had been or would be because of what his coming was to usher into the world and to humanity.
Prophet Isaiah by the spirit of God prophesied saying, “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes, we are healed.” Isaiah 53:4-5 (KJV). These are few things the coming of Christ was foretold to achieve.
We aren’t celebrating the fact that Christ was born only. We’re celebrating his birth, the things his birth, his presence, and his death gave us access to and made us become.
There’re people who argue that Christ wasn’t born in December. Fine! But his birth isn’t as significant as what it accomplished. What we’re celebrating is Christ accomplishment.
What Jesus Christ came to earth to do?
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Matthew 1:21 (KJV)
The angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph the husband of Mary in a dream and told him that the child Mary was carrying would be called Jesus. He said the reason was that this child Jesus was going to save his people from their sins. Note, he didn’t say he was going to save his people. He was specific about what Jesus was going to save his people from. He said the enemy Jesus was going to save his people from was sins.
Someone may say sin is the least of my enemy. Right now I need healing in my body, I need an increase in my finances, I need fruitfulness in my marriage, etc. But God says that isn’t what you need. He said what you need is salvation from sin. When you’re saved from sin, every other thing rearranges themselves to conform to your new status in God.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:23 (KJV)
God said sin is the reason why your access to God glory is blocked. The hindrance; to the health of your body (God is more concern with your health than your healing. God doesn’t want you to be sick at all), to the increase in your finances, to the fruitfulness of your marriage, to the peace of your rest, etc is sins.
Let’s look at it in the book of Psalm chapter 82 verse 5, it says, “They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.” Their continuous walk in darkness is the reason why the foundations of their lives are out of course. Jesus was sent to show humanity the light of God in other to put back their foundations on course.
This is what we’re celebrating. The showing of God’s light to humanity for the restoration of all things to perfection.
What Jesus Christ birth made us?
After Cain killed Abel, men were separated from God. There was no more communication between man and God. Cain didn’t teach his children about God so they couldn’t know God. No one talked about God in Cain’s house. This can be regarded as the first dark age of man. Humanity lost track of his creator.
But when God gave another son to Adam, the son by name Seth gave birth to a son called Enosh who dared to try the theory of the existence of God and the bible said in Genesis 4:26, “…then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.” Men again began to seek the face of God.
It’s not what you know that matter, but what you do with what you know that makes the difference.
From there on, God began to visit men. When Jesus came, God stopped visiting men.He began to live with men. Humanity witnessed God living among them. God was resident with man through the birth of Jesus Christ.
Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matthew 1:23 (KJV)
Jesus Christ was God living with men. Jesus said whosoever has seen me has seen the Father. In another place, he said, I and my Father are one. At another also he said I am in my Father and my Father is in me. So Jesus was God living among men.
When Jesus was resurrected, God left with him. But at Pentecost, God came back not to be with men but to be in men. Praise God. Paul speaking about this mystery to the Colossian church said in Colossians 1:27, “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:” God is living inside of you. You’re God’s house if you’re saved (born again).
… Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:19 (KJV)
He didn’t say the Holy Ghost is with you or is coming to you. Oh no, he said, the Holy Ghost is in you. The Holy Ghost is resident on the inside of you. You’re the house of the Holy Ghost.
He went further to tell us that this Holy Ghost is a fullness of a part of God given to you. Look at it again, it says, “… which ye have of God.” That is the Holy Ghost which is in you is a full part that came from God. The Holy Ghost is a full part of the Spirit of God.
For illustration, when you go to a river and take a bucket of water, what you took is a full part of the river. The content of the bucket of water you took home is the same with what is left in the river. What the water in the river can do, the one in your bucket can also do it. The beauty of it is you can always go at any time your content is depleted to draw more.
You carry God on the inside of you praise God. This was made possible because Jesus was born. Halleluiah! Praise be to God in the Highest. This is what we’re celebrating this Christmas and any other Christmas. Glory be to God.
Jesus coming to earth is a blessing to me, I don’t know about you. If you aren’t yet saved from your sin, you don’t have any reason to celebrate Christmas because God isn’t yet resident in you.
However, this is an opportunity to have God live inside of you and have a reason to celebrate Christmas. If you want to celebrate Christmas with purpose, join us now and say the following prayer from the depth of your heart with all sincerity.
PRAYER OF SALVATION
Oh Lord God, I believe with my entire hearth in your son Jesus Christ. I believe He died for me and You raised Him from the dead. I believe He is alive today. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from today. Through Him and in His name I have eternal life.
I am born again. Thank you, Lord. I am now a child of God. Praise God!
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PASTOR’S PRAYER FOR YOU
Father in the name of Jesus Christ, I declare the Christmas of this your child blessed. This is your best Christmas ever in the name of Jesus Christ.
A celebration will no longer cease in your life. For you, it’s from one celebration to the next from today forward in the name of Jesus Christ.
Your world has taken shape to the glory of God in the name of Jesus. Go and celebrate the God that lives on the inside of you with Joy and rejoicing.
PERSONAL CONFESSION
I am a child of God. I am born of the Spirit of God. I have all the potentials of God resident inside my spirit.
Through the Spirit of God at work in me, I command excellence after the order of God around me at all time. The wisdom of God is at work in me producing God’s kind of result in me and around me.
Praise God. You’re an ambassador to heaven to the earth.
Remain ever blessed
Jesus is Lord
