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Dec 23, 2005
The REAL "Christmas" Tree
The Pryor
Family trusts that you are having a blessed time this season remembering our
Savior's birth.
Yet, Jesus did so much more than simply be born in a manger over 2,000 years ago:
He came to die for sinners,
To take away our sin;
That we may know salvation,
And be complete in Him.
(From the hymn, "Go Tell It On The Mountain")
Jesus came to do for us what we could never do ourselves…pay our sin debt. He took the punishment we so justly deserve and died in our place on the cross in order that we might have forgiveness and eternal life through Him. Praise the Lord for His great love toward us!
Sadly, for many people, this time of year only represents presents, parties, & pretty decorations. But this holiday of Christmas should mean much more to us than a decorated evergreen tree in our living room.
Instead, it should point us beyond the stable where our Savior was born to the real tree of "Christmas" . . . the CROSS!
That is THE tree we need to focus on at this time of year; for it is there that our sin was taken away and paid for. Yes, Jesus had to be born to carry out the Father's plan of redemption. But without His death, burial & resurrection, that plan would not be complete. But praise be to God that "it is finished" & Jesus now sits at the right hand of the Father!
May each of us take the opportunity presented by the holiday of Christmas to proclaim the complete story of Christ. Innumerable material gifts will be given in the name of Christmas this year. But for those of us who have been redeemed, let us give to those around us this holiday season the most important gift of all time: the Good News of Jesus Christ, "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;" (Eph. 1:7).
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