MERRY CHRISTMAS! There is no greater message that sums up why we are celebrating the birth of Jesus today than this from the Amplified Bible! John 3:13-18:
13 And yet no one has ever gone up to heaven, but there is One Who has come down from heaven — the Son of Man [Himself], Who is (dwells, has His home) in heaven. 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must [so it is necessary that] the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross], [Num 21:9.] 15 In order that everyone who believes in Him [who cleaves to Him, trusts Him, and relies on Him] may not perish, but have eternal life and [actually] live forever! 16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him. 18 He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation — he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.] AMP
God the Son (100% God) came from Heaven, leaving His glory with the Father, to be born as a human baby (100% man) for the very purpose of living without sin to become the PERFECT substitute for sinful man and the PERFECT Bridge between God and Man! He did NOT come to judge but to be a LIFE giver! WE have not been sent to judge, but to properly represent this LIFE Giver! Let's make this glorious, merciful, loving, powerfully profound message OUR message every day of this new year! HE came that WE might LIVE and WE have been sent so that THEY might LIVE! HALLELUJAH!GLORY TO GOD! Here is Hillsong Worship with "Grace To Grace":
Shalom in Him!
