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| Yes! The Cross encapsulates all of Christmas! |
Read
Romans 6:5-11 “[6]Knowing this, that our
old self was crucified with Him in order that our body of sin might be done
away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; [7]for he who has died
is freed from sin. [8]Now if we have
died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, [9]knowing that
Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no
longer is master over Him. [10]For the
death that He died, He died to sin once for all, but the life that He lives, He
lives to GOD. [11]Even so (just like
this) consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to GOD in Christ JESUS.
This
is it! This is the message of Christmas
. . . and the message of Easter. You see,
the message is exactly the same. GOD had
a plan from the foundations of the earth to consummate (to redeem) His purpose
for creating us in the first place. His
plan in creating us was to have someone to walk with in His garden. Ultimately, it was for Him, not us.
In His
omniscience He knew that to have someone to walk with Him in His garden with
integrity of intimacy His creation had to have freedom to choose to desire
walking with Him. Therefore, He created
the Serpent . . . and a choice was made.
Through
Christmas (incarnation) and Easter (atonement) GOD gives His creation grace,
with an opportunity to choose a second time.
And for all who choose to walk He grants them righteousness (2
Corinthians 5:21) once for all (Hebrews 10).
And they walk in His garden
happily ever after!
I
cannot understand it . . . I simply believe it and embrace it . . . with tears
of great anticipation, peace, joy, and love.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
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