We’re taking a break for Christmas. Between 25 and 28, inclusive. Over these days, we will not be publishing articles. For those who would like something to read during a quiet moment, please feel free to read some of the articles we have published over the years.
Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Approximately 2,000 years ago, God sent His Son to Earth. Our Saviour was born, and the world was forever changed.
As Dr. Sherri Tenpenny wrote in her article ‘The Blessing of Christmas, “The birth of Jesus was quiet and hidden from most of the world, yet that single night reshaped every generation that would follow and continues to shape us now.”
We described Jesus as starting “the greatest revolution the world has ever known” in our Easter message earlier this year. It is no exaggeration to say that through his ministry and life, Jesus spearheaded a movement that would radically alter the course of history.
At Easter, we celebrate that Jesus died on the cross and rose again three days later, demonstrating that He has defeated death – not for Himself, but for all of us. By doing so, Jesus began a new era for humankind in which whoever believes in Him will have everlasting life.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:16-17
At Christmas, we celebrate His birth, which is beautifully summed up by Dr. Tenpenny. We encourage our readers, Christian and non-Christian alike, to read her article on this Christmas Eve. But to summarise why Jesus was born to live on Earth as a man, we share the Christmas carol below. May you and yours receive the blessings that only our Lord Jesus Christ can give.
Lyrics for ‘Once in Royal David’s City’
1. Once in royal David’s city stood a lowly cattle shed,
where a mother laid her baby in a manger for His bed:
Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little Child.
2. He came down to earth from heaven who is God and Lord of all,
and His shelter was a stable, and His cradle was a stall:
with the poor, and meek, and lowly, lived on earth our Saviour holy.
3. And through all His wondrous childhood, He would honour and obey,
love and watch the lowly maiden in whose tender arms He lay:
Christian children all must be mild, obedient, good as He.
4. For He is our childhood’s pattern: day by day like us he grew,
He was little, weak and helpless, tears and smiles like us He knew;
and He feels for all our sadness, and He shares in all our gladness.
5. And our eyes at last shall see Him, through His own redeeming love;
for that Child so dear and gentle is our Lord in heav’n above,
and He leads His children on to the place where He is gone.
6. Not in that poor lowly stable, with the oxen standing by,
we shall see Him, but in heaven, set at God’s right hand on high;
when like stars His children crowned all in white shall wait around.
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Bless you ! May the love of Christ protect you and guide you.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, and to all that read this.
…thank you, and wishing you the same, Ingrid!…. 🙏➕🙏…
May a string of bright red fairies forever keep you company at night!
…Happy Christmas, Rhoda and Co… thanks for your message, do have a wonderful Christmas!!!… 🙏➕🙏…one of ur posts earlier, i got interrupted readin it, very interestin!… 🙏➕🙏…
Thank You for this great thought on the very special day of giving humanity the most precious gift, own SON!
The Expose Staff, may your Christmas be blessed and full of joy! Thank you for the wonderful articles you faithfully send out! They are appreciated more than you can know.
May these days off be renewing to your spirits and bodies, and may you feel God’s strength and grace carrying you throughout the next year.
The Christian type articles always seem to draw out the fools.
When Christ returns and we all bow at His feet, will you still be pointing at His children and calling them fools?
The Jews had Jesus crucified.
If you mock the son of God, don’t be surprised when you spend eternity separated from God.
Hi Paul Watson, I fear your comment “The Jews had Jesus crucified” is made out of ignorance. The Romans arrested Jesus for political reasons. Pontius Pilot, the Roman governor of Judea, gave the crowd a choice between Jesus and Barabbas – one would would set free and one would be crucified. The crowd chose that Barabbas should be released and Jesus should be put to death. It was the crowd that chose that Jesus be crucified.
Who was in the crowd that condemned Jesus? During Jesus’ life, Jerusalem was ethnically and culturally diverse with people from across Rome’s Empire passing through and living there. So was the crowd made up of e.g. Romans, Greeks, Jews and others? No one knows because there is no record.
More importantly than holding a grudge against unknown people who lived ~2,000 years ago: if you were in that crowd what you have done? Would you have testified that Jesus is the Son of God? Or would you have gone along with the noisy activists in the crowd? While on Earth, Jesus was a Jew. I suspect from your many anti-Jewish comments that He would have been a target for your indiscriminate hate and you would have been one of those shouting “crucify him.” Why is this important? Because people, “the crowd,” are still calling out “crucify Him” today. And yes, your words “If you mock the Son of God, don’t be surprised when you spend eternity separated from God” still applies today.
Most importantly: The message you are choosing to ignore about Jesus’ crucifixion is that it was God’s will. If Jesus had not died on the cross, we could not have been saved from our sins.
what a load of bollocks.
Good for you and your team Rhoda!
I hope your new year is full of Christ and His blessings!