Christmas is a time of the year for acknowledging the birth of Jesus Christ. First we need to acknowledge who Jesus Christ is (God in the flesh). Christ represents the fulfilling of the promise of the law.
Since I have told you that Jesus Christ is God, now I have to prove it. The bible tells us to open up our ears, so let's do so
John 1:1&14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth
Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
1Ti 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
We cannot comprehend what has taken place
Isa 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Isa 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isa 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Isa 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Isa 50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
Isa 50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Isa 50:10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant), that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God)
WE hid our faces from God
Isa 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isa 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isa 53:5 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.
Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isa 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Isa 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Isa 53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Let's now make a stand for God and not hide our faces�during this season, we offend others or we offend God
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
We have lived in ignorance of this day that we have set aside to celebrate a FAT little man versus the Birth of Jesus CHrist. Let us no longer live in ignorance!
Isa 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Isa 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Let us no longer deny Jesus Christ!
Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
This is a time of year when you make a stand for Jesus Christ �people will get offended
Is there a better time to speak of Christ Jesus and what he has done for you, and what he can do for others, if only they open up their heart?
Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
The anti-Christ
2John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
- My question from me to you-- Is Santa Clause a type of anti-christ�which takes away from the glory of Christ?
- Think on this when we give santa the glory on Christmas rather than Jesus Christ his proper place we deny Christ his rightful place.
- The anti�christ takes on an image of Christ, a fals erepresentation of Christ
- Who is truly all knowing and all present, knows when you do good and bad? Is it Santa or Jesus Christ?
- Parents, let us stop lying to our children about Santa and let us give the Glory to Jesus Christ.
