Looking For A Perfect Christmas

The reason why Jesus insists on a full surgery is simple. The alternative to “perfection in Christ” is hell. Yes, nothing less, hell. I am sure no one wants to hear a message about hell during the Christmas season. Not many preachers speak about this anymore, not the least during Christmas. We all want to hear smooth message, we all want to hear message of hope and love. And the Lord knows that too. Because he already prophesied about such people in Isaiah 30:9-10 (NKJV) That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the LORD; Who say to the seers, "Do not see," And to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. Jesus did not believe in speaking smooth things always. There are times He needed to get the message right into our heads, and this was one of them. This was concerning heaven or hell. Christmas is concerning heaven or hell. And he wants us in heaven. He is willing to defend us if we are willing to pay the price of suffering to become “perfect in Christ” Revelation 3:5 (NKJV) He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. And once our names are ensured in the Book of life, Revelation 21:27 (NKJV) But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Nothing imperfect enters heaven. And our only way to become perfect is through Christ, by submitting to Him, by stopping asking for quick fixes, by allowing Him to do surgery on us, so that we might be cleansed by His blood.

So what shall we do this Christmas season? Shall we continue to look for a perfect Christmas through the quick fixes that we are generally used to? Shall we continue to make our Christmas perfect with our own efforts? Or shall we look for the perfect Christmas by being “perfect in Christ”?

Romans 13:11-14 (NKJV) And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

And if we choose to do so, if we choose to be made “perfect in Christ”, he does not leave us alone.

Hebrews 10:19-25 (MSG) So, friends, we can now—without hesitation—walk right up to God, into "the Holy Place." Jesus has cleared the way by the blood of his sacrifice, acting as our priest before God. The "curtain" into God's presence is his body. So let's do it—full of belief, confident that we're presentable inside and out. Let's keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word. Let's see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.

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