VIA WAY
DEC. 25, 2022
GAL. 4;4,5
4But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under
law, 5to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
THESE TWO VERSES ARE MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS VERSES. IN THE
FULLNESS OF TIME. WHEN THE TIME HAD FULLY COME. THE
THOUGHT HERE IS MUCH LIKE THAT OF A WOMAN EXPECTING TO
GIVE BIRTH. WHEN AMSY WAS BORN, SHE TOOK HER SWEET TIME.
WHEN CAMERON WAS BORN, IT WAS RIGHT NOW. NO TIME TO WAIT
THERE IS NO STOPPING A BABY WHEN IT’S TIME. THAT IS WHAT THIS
VERSE MEANS.
THAT JESUS WAS BORN WHEN HE WAS, WAS NO ACCIDENT. HIS
BIRTH WAS AT THE EXACT RIGHT TIME. HE WAS BORN FOR A
SPECIFIC REASON. IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED A PERFECT
WORLD, WHERE MAN, COULD WALK AND TALK WITH GOD.
BUT, MAN SINNED. BREAKING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. GOD
IN HIS LOVE AND MERCY HAD A PLAN TO RESTORE FALLEN MAN.
THAT PLAN WAS THRU JESUS. TITUS 1;2,3 SAYS,
a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, 3and at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,
BEFORE TIME, BEFORE CREATION, BEFORE MAN, GOD- WHO DOES NOT, CAN NOT, NEVER WOULD LIE, PROMISED GUARANTEED SALVATION. AT THE APPOINTED SEASON, HE BROUGHT HIS WORD TO LIGHT, IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME, AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME, JESUS.
ALL THE CONDITIONS WERE RIGHT TO MAKE THAT THE RIGHT TIME. THRU THE OT, GOD HAD PROPHESIED THAT MESSIAH WOULD COME. EVEN THE FAMILY LINE IN WHICH HE WOULD COME WAS REVEALED. NOW WHEN WE SAY, JESUS WOULD COME, THAT MEANS HE WAS SOME PLACE ELSE BEFORE COMING. HE HAD TO LEAVE HEAVEN TO COME HERE
NOW CONSIDER JESUS. HE LEFT HIS HOME IN HEAVEN. THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS, HE HAD TO LEAVE HIS HOME AND COME TO EARTH, TAKE ON FLESH, BECOME A MAN. TO BECOME LIKE US, LIKE YOU AND ME. GOD SENT HIM; JOHN 3;16, FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. GOD SENT HIS SON, BORN OF A WOMAN.
SO, WHEN YOU READ THE CHRISTMAS STORY THIS YEAR, REMEMBER THE REAL REASON. GOD LOVED YOU THAT MUCH. JESUS LOVED YOU THAT MUCH.
EARLY THIS MONTH, MY YOUNGEST GRANDSON CAME TO ME AND SAID, GRANDPA DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? I NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE IS ASKING, SO I SAID, WHAT TIME IS IT ETHAN? HE SAID, WITH ALL THE JOY OF A 4 YEAR OLD, ITS CHRISTMAS. I HAD TO EXPLAIN, CHRISTMAS WAS COMING, BUT WASN’T HERE JUST YET. WELL ETHAN, NOW ITS CHRISTMAS.
FROM THE BEGINNING, BELIEVERS WOULD ASK, IS IT TIME FOR THE MESSIAH? THEY COULD HAVE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION AS ETHAN. FINANLLY, IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME FOR JESUS, TO COME. NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR YOU TO ACCEPT HIM AS LORD AND SAVIOR.
