“And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” – Luke 2:10

The angel said that we have received “good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” God wants this message known around the world.

Now I know that you may not be a preacher, but you can be a “reach-er”! What would happen if every believer went out into their neighborhood and said, “Jesus is Lord!” How will the world know if we don’t tell them? Oh, we need to be bold for Jesus.

The skies are going to split open, and the trumpet is going to sound. The dead in Christ will rise, and the angels will once again be heard! “He’s returned!” The Savior born in a manger will return as a Monarch to rule and to reign!

Are you joyfully sharing the Good News of Christ this Christmas? Will you be bold and share His Good News with someone today?(Adrian Rogers)

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.–2 Cor. 9:15

There are some things that simply cannot be put into words. How do you describe the beauty of a sunset or loveliness of a baby’s face. When we try to picture such things words just get in the way. The same is true when it comes to the birth of Christ. The greatest orators are not able to describe the wonder of the Son of God becoming the Son of man. But although we cannot explain it we can enjoy it, and we ought to think much about it. Charles Spurgeon wrote:

Christ is unspeakable in his condescension.
Can any one measure or describe how far Christ stooped,
when, from the throne of splendor, he came to a manger
to be swaddled and lie where the horned oxen fed.
Oh, what a stoop of condescension was that!
The Infinite becomes an infant!

The Eternal is dandled on a woman’s knee.
He is there in the carpenter’s shop, obedient to his
parents; there in poverty, crying, “The Son of man has not
where to lay his head;” and there, in thirst, asking of a
guilty woman a drink of water.
It is unspeakable!

Such a Savior is a gift unspeakable.

I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.–John 16:28

The life of Jesus is a perfect circle of symmetry. His conception and birth brought Him into the world. His resurrection and ascension took Him out of the world. At the beginning of life, He was conceived in a womb from which never a child had been born. At the end of life, He was placed in a tomb in which never a man had been laid. In this virgin womb, He was hidden for nine months; in the virgin tomb, for three days.

He left Mary’s womb with a baby’s cry and Joseph’s tomb with a victor’s shout. He was born to give us a life that’s forgiven, and raised to give us a life that’s forever. His body was sown perishable, but was raised imperishable. It was sown in dishonor but was raised in glory. It was sown in weakness but raised in power.

Because of His sacrifice, we can claim the words of the hymnist as our own: “Living, He loved me; dying He saved me; buried He carried my sins far away; rising He justified freely forever; one day He’s coming — O glorious day” (Wilber Chapman, 1908).–From Turning Point