Merry Christmas! Have you ever wondered about Christmas? I mean, really taken in the wonder of what happened? Consider this short essay:
He was
born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in still
another village, where He worked in a carpenter shop until He was 30. Then for
three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held
an office. He never had a family or owned a house. He didn't go to college. He
never traveled more than 200 miles from the place He was born. He did none of
the things one usually associates with greatness. He had no credentials but
Himself. He was only 33 when public opinion turned against Him. His friends
deserted Him. He was turned over to His enemies and went through the mockery of
a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. When He was dying, His
executioners gambled for His clothing, the only property He had.. . . on earth.
When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.
Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and today He is the central figure of the
human race, the leader of mankind's progress. All the armies that ever marched,
all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, all the
kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man on
earth as much as that One Solitary Life. Do You Know Who He Is?
Dr James Allan Francis in “The Real Jesus and Other
Sermons”
© 1926 by the Judson Press of Philadelphia (pp 123-124
titled “Arise Sir Knight!”).
Here is another video from Dan Stevers that talks about the Mystery of Christmas. PLEASE take 2 1/2 minutes to watch this video. It is worth it!!
Wishing all our friends a very Merry Christmas! Thank you Jesus for being born, living, and dying for us!
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