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Merry Christmas


Rom:15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The first message of Christmas is peace on earth and good will to all men. The song that angels sang is about joy that comes to the world. Glad tidings to all men is not because it is a festive of gifts and sharing. Not because it is a time of homecoming. It is because of the abounding hope that the God of hope gives.

Man who is destined to be in that rut of selfishness and pride and sin, now has a hope, because the selfless God became one of us to rescue us from that pattern. Mankind has hope. You have hope.

The manager is meaningful because of the cross. The cross is the reason for the manger. The cross is the ultimate gift you can get. Cross is not a symbol of pain, ridicule, shame and bloodshed. Cross is a symbol of hope and joy.

Christmas is probably the best season of the year. But remember, it is meaningless if the cross is not real for you. And the cross is real for you, only if you believe that Jesus Christ. God Himself came down to earth to die as a penalty of my sin, so that my sin could be done away with and I could have access to God. Only if you personally believe. If this is not true for you, in person, everything else is meaningless...


Merry Christmas.

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