Scripture,
the Bible, never states the time of year that Jesus was born but studying the
Old Testament one can see that it is most likely that Jesus was born sometime
in the spring of the year. But let’s not get caught up on the when, but let’s
look on the why of the celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Jesus.
HIS birth was
herald by an angel and celebrated by a multitude host of angels “And the
angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of
great joy which shall be to all the people: for there is born to you this day
in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:10-11). Why a Savior? Because “GOD so loved the world that HE
gave HIS only begotten Son that whosoever believes in HIM shall not perish but
have everlasting life,” (John 3:16). Still though, why a savior? Because of
Adam’s sin we inherit that sin nature and death has been passed on to us,
(Romans 5:12), in the same manner that we inherit the characteristics of our
parents. And because we all inherit the sin nature, all of us are born sinners
and therefore all are sinners and fall short of the glory of GOD, (Romans
3:23). We then need a perfect sinless sacrifice to wash away this sin, but because
we are sinners, it is impossible for us to wash away this sin. We are powerless
to do anything. There is absolutely nothing we can do. But through Jesus, GOD
in the flesh became a sacrifice for us by HIS death on the cross. GOD Himself,
keeping HIS divine nature, became incarnate being born of a woman being both
GOD and man at the same time for the sole purpose of paying the price for our
sin so that we then can have eternal life. In HIM we have redemption through
HIS blood, the forgiveness of sin, according to the riches of HIS grace,”
(Ephesians 1:7).
Christmas is not, the little drummer boy, frosty the snow
man, or singing Jingle Bells. Christmas is celebrating the eternal, living GOD
putting on flesh, to pay the price as sinless man for sinful man. “For unto to
you is born a SAVIOR.” A savior saves. There is absolutely no other religion on
the face of the earth that has a Savior. The best they can do is ‘hope’ that
their works can win for them something. GOD said that without HIM, you can do
absolutely nothing, (John15:5).
Think it through, if you died now, do you know for sure
if you will be in the presence of GOD or will you be eternally separated from
HIM awaiting being sent to the Lake of Fire? (Revelation 20:11-15).
