Christmas story or Christmas MESSAGE

A few weeks ago in Bible Study; one of the participants made a statement that continues to resonate in my heart on a daily basis. I am paraphrasing her words but this is the essence of what she said.   “We have taken the story of Christmas and treated it as a “story” rather than remembering and realizing that the celebration of Christmas is more than just the rehashing of an “old story.” The birth of Christ is one of the many “messages” that God has declared through the ages. These messages were intended, designed, planned and even orchestrated by our Heavenly Father as a means of providing fallen mankind with an opportunity to have a relationship as well as fellowship with the Lord God Almighty!! 

I have come to declare today that my previous statement is more than just a story but it is a DIRECT MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN TO THE PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH. God fulfilled His plan to offer redemption, rescue, as well as Salvation to “whosoever would believe on the name of the Lord.” The Holy Spirit is challenging me and now I am going to challenge you today. We need to upgrade the birth of Christ from more just a “story” to the GREATEST MESSAGE THAT HAS EVER BEEN DECLARED ON PLANET EARTH!!! Is it possible that Christianity in general has “drifted away” from the powerful Message that is brought to this earth through the incarnation of Jesus, the Son of God? We are being called to celebrate that message as well as share that message with this world!!!

Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel (God with us). (NKJV)

Hebrews 6:17-19, “Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. ¹⁸ God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. ¹⁹ We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,” (NIV)