ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST THE MESSIAH

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Year after year, the season of Advent and Christmas, the coming and birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is usually marked with a lot of fanfare - shopping, celebration, exchange of gifts and cards, sharing of love, putting up lights and setting up Christmas Trees, singing of Christmas Carols, throwing fire crackers, etc, etc.

This is unarguably the best season in the world because of the increased activities that takes place in human lives all geared towards having a memorable occasion.

Only very few people focus on the most important aspect of the season - the gift from God of Jesus Christ in fulfilment of His promise and prophecies to send a Messiah to redeem the world from eternal damnation caused by the sin of Adam and Eve.

In the beginning, God created man in His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-27) and He did so out of love. Man allowed satan to deceive him, disobeyed God, therefore sinned and shut himself from God's friendship and died spiritually (Genesis 3). However, God in His infinite mercy and love promised to send a Messiah to redeem man from the curse of sin (Genesis 3:15).

Over several centuries, God continued to remind man of that promise to send a Messiah through various prophets. Eventually, Jesus Christ, who is God's Son and has always existed as God before time began, took the form of a human being and was born of a Virgin Mary in the City of Bethlehem in Israel.

Jesus' coming was in fulfilment of God's promise and He is the Messiah, the Saviour Anointed, who came and gave His life in atonement for the sins of mankind and forever reconciled man to God. His sacrificial death on the Cross of Calvary some 1,979 years ago destroyed what satan had done, broke the power of spiritual death over man and thus opened the gate of heaven for all who qualify to enter.

Heaven is thus the home of ONLY anyone who believes what God did through Jesus Christ, repents of sin, accepts Jesus as Lord and Saviour, lives a holy life and asks God's Holy Spirit to guide him or her and obey God's commands as stated clearly in the Holy Bible, the Book of Life.

Anyone who is unable to accept and follow this simple teaching will not enter heaven and hell fire, a dark, smelly place of eternal torment that is home to lucifer or satan will eventually become the home of such person. My prayer for you, dear reader and myself is that God will lead us by His Holy Spirit to reveal the truth about these things.

Thus, dear reader, every year, Christians the world over commemorate and celebrate the Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ. It is a happy reminder that one of the greatest events mankind has ever witnessed took place in demonstration of God's eternal love for us.

We should therefore celebrate it in ways that are pleasing to God and glorify His Holy Name. Sadly though, we see many people celebrate this glorious season in sin - getting drunk, sleeping around with all manner of persons, indulging in sinful acts in desperation to raise money all in a bid to celebrate a spiritual and significant event.

Some steal, cheat customers, prostitute their bodies, all to celebrate Christmas - it ought not to be so dear reader and friend.

Equally sad is the fact that some who profess Christianity are also engaged in these sinful acts. Jesus came to save us because He loves us. We therefore ought to reciprocate this love whenever we celebrate by ensuring to do ONLY things that please Him.

We can spend time and share gifts to loved ones and even the less privileged, pray for the needy and ensure to attend Church to worship God and show gratitude to Him for the love He has bestowed and continues to bestow upon us.

God created us and we belong to Him. We should always live our lives appreciating this fact and teaching others to do the same. Think deeply about these things and you will come to understand how much God loves us. We cannot afford to reject His love because anyone who does will eventually regret it especially if such person dies in that state.

My prayer is that God in His infinite mercy and love will open our eyes of understanding by the power of His Holy Spirit to help us to accept His Word, act on it, share with others and eventually earn eternal life when we depart this world.

May God bless us as we do so in Jesus' Mighty Name, Amen. I wish you the very best of Christmas 2013 in Jesus' name, Amen.


Gabriel Ama.

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