Two of our favorite ornaments are of the nativity;
Mary & Joseph and the baby Jesus.
But Pastor Mike's sermons at Harvest Community Church (you can listen online) on Sunday and Christmas Eve were so good (as always, Mike!), because they taught us about why Christ really came--not to be a cute little baby forever in the manger, but that because of Him, the inhabitants of the earth have been divided into two camps--believers, followers, children of God vs. unbelievers who do not obey Him, children of the devil. There is no third camp.
He is Savior, but also Lord and King.
If you are not a follower of Christ (or if you are not absolutely sure that you are going to heaven), I urge you not to let another Christmas season pass without assuring your salvation. You CAN know for sure--the Bible says so: "These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God" [1 John 5:13].
But Pastor Mike's sermons at Harvest Community Church (you can listen online) on Sunday and Christmas Eve were so good (as always, Mike!), because they taught us about why Christ really came--not to be a cute little baby forever in the manger, but that because of Him, the inhabitants of the earth have been divided into two camps--believers, followers, children of God vs. unbelievers who do not obey Him, children of the devil. There is no third camp.He is Savior, but also Lord and King.
If you are not a follower of Christ (or if you are not absolutely sure that you are going to heaven), I urge you not to let another Christmas season pass without assuring your salvation. You CAN know for sure--the Bible says so: "These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God" [1 John 5:13]. Wherever you are in your faith journey, God loves you with an everlasting love, and desires that none perish. He has made a precious way back to Himself through the sacrifice of His son Jesus--God in flesh, Immanuel (God with us)--who was born to die for our sins. If you have not already, accept His perfect blood sacrifice on the cross for you and follow Him, my Savior, my Lord and my King. That path will lead, no matter what happens in this life, to unbelievable blessing now and everlasting life in heaven forever.
My prayer for you today, dearest readers & friends, is Paul's prayer for the Ephesians: "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God. Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding aundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen"
[Ephesians 3: 14-21].
[Ephesians 3: 14-21].
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