Christmas day has come and gone. Now, many people are paying for this year’s presents with next year’s money! Ha! For the Christian, the true gift of Christmas is the Lord Jesus Christ and that gift is paid for by God Himself. No charge to us! Three times in Romans chapter five it is called the “free gift”. For a gift to be yours it has to be received. John 1:12, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” Romans 6:23, “…the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” This is an eternal gift. This is a gift that we, who have accepted Jesus as our Savior, will enjoy in Heaven for all eternity.
“Our God is the God of the unexpected. A few things could be more unexpected than the King of heaven being born in a stable”
— Bill Crowder
“You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father’s face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift”
— John R. Rice
“If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: “God with us.” We tend to focus our attention at Christmas on the infancy of Christ. The greater truth of the holiday is His deity. More astonishing than a baby in the manger is the truth that this promised baby is the omnipotent Creator of the heavens and the earth!”
— John MacArthur
“Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life.”
— Corrie Ten Boom
“Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man – His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God – when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.”
— Vance Havner
Matthew 1:21, “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.”
Luke 2:12-15, “And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.”
O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appear’d and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!
Fall on your knees Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine Oh night divine