LUKE 1:68-80
MATTHEW 2:1-12
WE ARE COMING UP ON THE EVE OF CHRISTMAS, A DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR SOME AND ONE OF SADNESS FOR OTHERS. WHY SADNESS? WELL, SOME HAVE MADE CHRISTMAS A DAY OF GIFT GIVING INSTEAD OF A DAY OF CELEBRATION. WHY CELEBRATE IF THE GUEST OF HONOR IS NOT GOING TO BE A PART OF THE CELEBRATION..."JESUS THE CHRIST"? IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY WE CELEBRATE, SO BRING HIM A GIFT - YOURSELF.
THE WISE MEN FOUND HIM. I BELIEVE THAT DURING THEIR QUEST FOR LEARNING THEY SAW A STAR. THIS WASN'T AN ORDINARY STAR, THOUGH. THIS STAR WOULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES! AFTER SETTING THEIR EYES ON THE KING OF KINGS, THEY MET AN ANGEL OF GOD, WHICH TOLD THEM NOT TO GO BACK THE WAY THE CAME. SAINTS OF GOD, DON'T GO BACK THE WAY YOU CAME.
IF YOU VIEW CHRISTMAS AS ONLY A DAY OF GIFT GIVING AND NOT AS A DAY OF CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF JESUS THE CHRIST, THEN DON'T GO BACK THE WAY YOU CAME. IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS...NOT YOU, NOT ME, NOT YOUR BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND, NOT EVEN YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE. IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS BEING BORN IN YOUR LIFE AND MAKING HIM KING.
YOUR SERVANT IN CHRIST,
KENNETH CROSKEY, SR.
