GOD, OUR FATHER, SENDING JESUS TO BE OUR SHEPHERD.
Give Him the name Jesus,
because He will save His people from their sins.
They will call Him Emmanuel , which means "God with us."
A ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.
Matthew 1. 21, 23; 2.6
CHRISTMAS IS...
OUR SAVIOR.
Jesus, our Savior, has come to save us from our sins. This will include
1. Forgiveness for our past sins so we are no longer held accountable for them.
2. Acceptance into His presence for learning the ways of holiness and righteousnes. As Dispciples, we are to spend time with Him and other disciples in order to "learn to obey all that He has commanded us." Matthew 28.18-20. Discipline to spend time "in His Presence" results in the "fruit of the Spirit," such love, joy, and peace, the great gifts of Christmas.
CHRISTMAS IS...
OUR SHEPHERD.
Learning from our mistakes and failures is okay!
As our Shepherd, Jesus supplies us with great wisdom and strength to recognize, resist, and overcome all the "schemes od the Devil," temptations, pressures, and hardships that come against. In this life, we will always experience "tribulation," but we will always receive wisdom, strength, encouragement, and comfort, whereby we will then be able to provide the same for others.
Our responsibility is time in His presence for our "marching orders." We need to be like the seekers of Proverbs 8.34-35:
Blessed is the man who listens to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.
For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the Lord.
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