Reason For The Season
Good evening to you, dear reader. I hope you have had a splendid Christmas and boxing day celebration . If you have, then I think it is proper you ascribe all glory, honour and praise to God. Who is the Almighty, All powerful, All knowing and Ever present God.
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This evening we will be looking at the topic:Reason for the season(Christmas season). Looking at the definition of Christmas from English Dictionary, it means a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ,incorporating various Christian, pre Christian and secular customs. We are going to be looking at the origin of Christmas, it started from Genesis,when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and they became naked. They lost the glory,which led to uneasy access to God.
Genesis 3 : 1-24
KJV:Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
KJV:And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
KJV:But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
KJV:And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
KJV:For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
KJV:And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
KJV:And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
KJV:And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
KJV:And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
KJV:And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
KJV:And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
KJV:And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
KJV:And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
KJV:And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
KJV:And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
KJV:Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
KJV:And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
KJV:Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
KJV:In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
KJV:And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
KJV:Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
KJV:And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
KJV:Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
KJV:So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Considering this, God decided to send His only begotten Son to the world to save us from the grip of Sin, redeem us, sanctify us, give us grace and gave us the promised Holy Spirit and very interesting he came through a virgin(Mary)
Mattew1;18-25
KJV:Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
KJV:Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
KJV:But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
KJV:And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.
KJV:Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
KJV:Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
KJV:Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
KJV:And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.
Now we are the reason for the season, Christ was born into this world for you and I. He so much loves us that He offered himself to be born into this sinful world. "What a loving Father". Yes, that's how valuable we are to Him. So this season is not just to have fun and forget the reason for the season. Therefore the only way we can be thankful to God for bringing His son to this world is be showing love to everyone around us. Can you show love to that person close to you by putting a positive mark in his or her life?, by making the person know his or her worth? Can you offer the best spiritual bouquet to someone this season? God is love and so as a Christian you must reciprocate this love to those around you. How much do you appreciate persons around you in your little way.
Christmas means Christ celebration and so it should not just be a day thing, it should be as often as possible,we should not just appreciate God,we should also appreciate ourselves. So dear readers,let's show love this season and beyond,let's celebrate because without you in God's plan,He won't have been born,He won't have been made manifest.
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