For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
I hope that you are having a wonderful and blessed Christmas, relaxing and spending time with family and friends. But above all, I hope you’re taking time with your family to dwell on Scripture and joyfully reflect on what Christ came to do.
You know, we live in a world of so much uncertainty, turmoil, pain, and suffering. The new year is just around the corner, and none of us has any idea what it will bring. But this is the world that Jesus was born into: a world he had made “very good” (Genesis 1:31) but that we had wrecked because of our sin. It was into this sin-cursed world that God chose to send his only begotten Son in the fullness of time. Jesus knew our pain and the temptations of sin, and yet he lived a life of perfect obedience to his Father. And he lived that life on our behalf so that we, sinners though we are, might become, through faith, “the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
It was into this sin-cursed world that God chose to send his only begotten Son in the fullness of time.
No matter what your Christmas looks like (or what you fear for the coming year), rest in the knowledge that the God who knows the end from the beginning never changes, that he is with you always, and that he has kept every one of his promises and will continue to do so until the consummation of all things when he will create a new heavens and new earth and those who have been redeemed by his grace will live with him forever.
May that truth give you joy this Christmas!
Merry Christmas from myself and Answers in Genesis!
Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken
This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.
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