For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance--now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 9:15
The world is full of people who have absolutely no idea what Christmas is all about. They see lights, hear Rudolph or mommy-kissing-Santa songs, so overload their credit cards that they'll be months recovering, overeat, and then sigh that at last it's over.
Missed the point! It's not about presents we give or get! It's not about food. Neither is it aboaut the birthday cake we sometimes bake for Jesus. It's not even about family and the joy of being together.
It's really about being bought back from something terrible--ransomed from our old ways and set on a new course! It's about having a perfect person--a mediator--stand between God and us and make all things right so that we can be in God's presence without fear. Its about being given a present--not one wrapped in foil and tied with a bow-- but an eternal inheritance, so valuable that we can never return in kind what has been given to us!
It's almost here--the day God changed the world by entering as a baby! The world may anot know, but we do!
Father, we are so grateful for Christmas! Remind us how this tiny baby changed the world and us. Amen
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