Jesus! There is no name in heaven and earth like the name of Jesus. Jesus the Christ! Jesus the Messiah! Jesus the Savior! Jesus The Emanuel, God with us! Romans 14:11 For the Scriptures say, "'As surely as I live,' says the LORD, 'every knee will bend to Me, and every tongue will confess and give praise to God. '" He is LORD, He is Jehovah God! And it is at this time of year we celebrate his humblest of beginnings.
Job 8:7(kjv) Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. Psalm 119:141(nlt) I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. Here we see a perfect picture of Christmas morning. Jesus, the Great King of Glory. Being born in a stinky stable with only mom, dad and a few animals to give homage to the great King at His birth. He was born through a frail 14-15 year old girl who had just ridden a donkey for miles to get to a city where no one wanted them. Yet God had a plan only He could see. Soon the Angels were singing and a bright star was shinning into this humble stable showing a group of shepherds to that place where the Christ Child lay. But these were no ordinary shepherds, these were the Temple shepherds who took care of all the sacrificial lambs and God was directing them to the final sacrificial Lamb for the whole world. Then came along the Magi. Wise men from different areas of the known world coming to worship the little baby King baring gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. But these gifts were ordained by God also. Gold to flee the land because Herod wanted to kill this baby King. Frankincense and myrrh to anoint Him at His time of death that had been ordained for Him from the beginning of time. It wasn't looking good for this tiny baby King. If anyone was despised and had small beginnings it was the baby Jesus. What a celebration day it was for a new holiday that is centered around all this joy and celebration we bring to it today. People like Herod wanted to kill Him, shepherds came to see the final sacrifice, and wise men brought oils for anointing Him for burial. What a difference in celebration we see with all the trees, lights and food we have today.
But, and here is a good place for a but, Jesus wasn't born just for then. Yes! He was going to die! Yes! He was going to be beaten! But he was going to take with Him the sins of the whole world to the cross nailing them there forever. Romans 5:6(nlt) When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. 7 Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. 8 But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. 9 And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, He will certainly save us from God's condemnation.10 For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of His Son while we were still His enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of His Son.11 So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God. You see now why we can rejoice? Because of our wonderful new relationship with God through what that tiny, little baby grew up and accomplished for all of us who believe in the work He accomplished on the cross. It may have been a small, despicable, humble beginning for The Christ Child but the King of kings is on the throne and He now calls me friend. That tiny, little baby Jesus came into this world and made all of us, who call Him Lord, a Friend! Today can you call Him friend? Today can you call Him Savior. Today is the day of salvation! Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Take advantage of what that humble, tiny baby accomplished and start your new beginning of the work of grace in your life. Will you humble yourself and bend your knee to that baby? Will your tongue confess that He is Lord? Or will you pass up the best Christmas gift you could ever receive in your whole life?
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