"The Reason for the Season"
The Christmas Season is here with Santa Claus, candy, and presents. But, the real reason for the Christmas Season is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
It was a simple scene that first Christmas over 2000 years ago – a stable, a young couple, and nothing but a feeding box to put the child in. It was probably quite cold and with family far away there was little help. Yet this simple scene marked the greatest event in the history of mankind.
God sent His only Son as a human from heaven to earth to save us. God had promised to send a Messiah, one who would save His people. He could have easily come to earth as a full grown man, a seven foot warrior with fiery eyes and arms of steel. This was what many people were looking for, but it wasn't how God did it. He arrived in the arms of a young girl. He was, as another author has written, "a very small package, wrapped in rags, given from the heart of God. The perfect gift."
God gave His only Son to die in our place so that we, in all our brokenness, could know forgiveness. He came so that we could know what love feels like, real love – love that never leaves, love that never disappoints, love that is never betrayed. He sent His Son into a corrupted world to bring us hope. http://www.secretsofsuccess.com/article/christmasstory.html
The story of the first Christmas can be found in the Holy Bible in Luke chapter 2. Jesus in the Real Reason for the Season.
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