Tomorrow December 25th we celebrate the birth of Christ the LORD, Jesus.
The one birth that is celebrated around the earth.
There is no other birth that is so widely celebrated,
even though there are many who do not look to Christ Jesus as their Lord,
They celebrate this day.
Jesus came to give us the gift of salvation,
the gift of the opportunity to live in love and peace
for eternity with Him and His Father in their kingdom.
And all we have to do is except Him and confess Him as LORD.
So many can quote John 3:16
For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish,
but have eternal life.
Jesus speaking to all of mankind;
John 14:15-21
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper,
that He may be with you forever;
that is the Spirit of truth,
whom the world cannot receive,
because it does not see Him or know Him,
but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
I will not leave you as orphans;
I will come to you.
After a little while the world will no longer see Me,
but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.
In that day you will know that I am in My Father,
and you in Me, and I in you.
He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me;
and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father,
and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
John 14:23-26
Jesus answered and said to him,
“If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word;
and My Father will love him,
and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
He who does not love Me does not keep My words;
and the word which you hear is not Mine,
but the Father’s who sent Me.
These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you.
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in My name,
He will teach you all things,
and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.”
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
1. “You shall have no other gods before Me.”
2. “You shall not make for yourself an idol,
or any likeness of what is in heaven above or
on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
You shall not worship them or serve them;
for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God”
3. “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain,
for the LORD will not leave him unpunished
who takes His name in vain.”
4. “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God;
in it you shall not do any work,
you or your son or your daughter,
your male or your female servant
or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.”
5. “Honor your father and your mother,
that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.”
6. “You shall not murder.”
7. “You shall not commit adultery.”
8. “You shall not steal.”
9. “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
10 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house;
you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife
or his male servant or his female servant
or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
But are you aware Jesus expanded these Commandments beyond actions?
But to also include our hearts and minds,
to in cloud not only our actions but also our thoughts.
Our motives.
Keep His greatest commandments.
Matthew 22:37-39
And Jesus said to him,
“ ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,
AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.
This is the great and foremost commandment.
The second is like it,
‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
Do you love the Lord your God?
Do you truly love Jesus?
As He Himself has stated.
“If you love Me,
you will keep My commandments.”
Celebrate Christmas
but even more celebrate the birth of our Lord and King,
celebrate the gift given by Father God,
the gift of Christ the Lord, the gift of Jesus.
And go forth and keep His commandments.