John 3: 16-17. ““For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”
Why, when I sat down to write this blog with a Christmas message, did my mind keep replaying images from Passion of The Christ?
It didn’t make sense until I reviewed the Christmas story and came across the gifts that were brought to baby Jesus.
One of them was myrrh, an embalming spice. It was a strange gift to bring a child, unless you consider who the child was—God in the flesh who came to earth with one purpose—to die on the cross for the sins of mankind.
This may have been the first clue to Mary and Joseph about the purpose their son would have on earth, but they already knew he would be special. From the message to Mary before her pregnancy to the starry host (angels) announcing the birth months later, and countless interactions they had with Him throughout his life here on earth, everything fit into God’s plan of salvation.
So, while we celebrate His birth at Christmas, we also have reason to also celebrate His death and resurrection.
For that is why He came.
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