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Author: Pastor David Page 26 of 41
As we think about the birth of Jesus Christ, we consider the amazing message of the gospel that the shepherds received from the angels. This message truly changed their lives. They did not keep this message to themselves, but they shared it abroad with everyone they knew. In like manner, the gospel should have such a radical impact on our lives that we ought to be willing to share the good news with everyone that we know.
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The Lord has chosen out his people and ordained them to bring forth much fruit for God’s glory. The primary fruit we bring forth is loving one another. We were chosen by God to love one another. We are called to love one another the same way that Christ has loved us and God is glorified when we bring forth much fruit in fervently loving one another.
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The life of the Christian is contrary to the things of this world. We should be viewed as crazy in giving freely of both finances and time. We should be crazy focused on the heavenly things that await us instead of being mired down in the wickedness of this world. Our hope of heaven should be crazy to those of the world, and we look forward to the day of seeing Jesus face to face.
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As we consider the birth of Christ this month, we should meditate on the beautiful prophetic titles taken by Christ – Emanuel, Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace.
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Elder Paul Blair considers the statements from Jesus Christ about why he came into this world. Christ came into this world to save his people from their sins. He came to fulfill the law, not to destroy. He came to send judgment in the world. He came to bring division and a sword to have God’s people press into the kingdom of God.
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As we approach the Christmas season, we will see many portrayals of the nativity scene depicting the birth of Jesus Christ. It is easy to view this typical nativity scene with a great deal of sentimentality of a cute, little baby in a manger, and we might miss the gravity of what truly occurred. That little babe wrapped in swaddling clothes in an obscure manger in Bethlehem was not just any other cute baby. That little newborn child was God manifest in the flesh! The baby that would grow up to be Jesus of Nazareth was “very God of very God”! It is almost inconceivable to think that the eternal, omnipresent, sovereign God who rules over this entire universe condescended to this earth and took the form of a newborn babe that had to be nursed, carried, and changed like any other infant. Truly, great is the mystery of godliness that God was manifest in the flesh (1 Tim. 3:16).
On the night Jesus was born, there was a special group that received the gospel directly from the angel, the shepherds keeping watch over their flocks by night. They were the first group to receive the gospel of good tidings of great joy that shall be to all people. This message was a blessing to them, but then they also blazed abroad the gospel to everyone they saw. In like manner, we should spread the gospel to everyone we come in contact with to share the good news of Jesus Christ.
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The Lord gives us a picture of the church as the house of God. The house of God is built on the chief cornerstone Jesus Christ and the foundation of the scriptures written by the apostles and prophets. The house is built up of lively stones unified together by the Holy Spirit. And then, inside the house, we are all vessels that we trust are vessels meet for the Master’s use, sanctified and honorable in the house of the Lord.
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Jesus Christ is the True Vine and his children are his branches. The Lord planted his vineyard to bring forth much fruit for his glory. The only way we can do anything or bring forth any fruit is by abiding in Christ. We abide in Christ by abiding in his word, by abiding in love, and abiding in his commandments.
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