A Christmas Rescue
Man-kind was in need of what I call "A Christmas Rescue." From what did we need to be rescued from? Without a doubt, we needed to be rescued from "SIN."
In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve disobeyed God, and realized the shame of their nakedness, and hid from Him. When we sin, the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin, and makes us want to hide from God. We don't want to talk to God, because of what He would say to us. And we may feel that God wants to talk to us, in order to condemn us. That is very far from the truth.
Peter writes in 2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." I think of Zacchaeus, who climbed up in a sycamore tree to see Jesus, but I wonder if it was because he wanted to hide. ⁸Zacchaeus was hated by the people because he cheated them. But Jesus called for him to climb down out of hiding, and talk to Him, at his house, where salvation came his way. (Luke 19)
This Christmas, let's not hide from the Lord. He came to save us from our sins, and set us free from the chains of selfishness, arrogance and pride, immorality, anxiety and worry, and all of the worldly vices that threaten to destroy us physically, and most of all spiritually. And to think, that while God gave us, freedom of choice, this is the very thing that causes us to be enslaved to SIN. The very thing we need to be rescued from. And Jesus did just that willingly, and sacrificially.
Yes we are free to choose the path of sin and destruction, or we can choose Jesus to be our Savior, our Redeemer, and Lord of our lives. Today, will you let Jesus rescue you? If you do, you will be eternally blessed.
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