23/12/2025
What’s Christmas actually about?
Its about the best things in life. Heres a quick look:
We all like good things. We all recognise good things. What are the best things in life?
There is Love and Joy, and what about Forgiveness, Kindness, Faithfulness there’s Peace, Hope, Patience; Gentleness, Self control. These are good and meant to be inside ourselves and shared with others.
We all know they are good, thats built into us; but where did these good things come from?
Theres lots of ideas about that, most avoid the issue, but deep down we know there must be a Creator.
The story is; He designed us to worship Him because He is where all these good things are.
Very strangely; we all worship something. We won’t go there now, but its true. We were designed that way.
We needed a way to know God, so we can focus our life on Him. Life then has meaning and peace and hope and joy and all those other good things
What if; In Jesus He made it possible. Could that story actually be true? ,
Think about what it would mean for each of us if it is. It just may be the most important question we will ever ask ourselves.
Many people, great and small, down thru the centuries have studied the Bible, observed. prayed and concluded that it is true.
Christmas for many, has come to mean very little, which unfortunately is no accident and that’s another story, but the reason we celebrate Christmas is not about a myth or legend or just a quaint story about a famous baby.
It’s the account of how God chose to make Himself known and reveal the plan he made for us, the bible says “before the foundation of the world” Revelation 13: 8
In the Bible, in Isaiah, we can read about Jesus coming to earth and his his reign over all things, which for us at our time in history is yet future but totally certain. It was written about 700 years prior to Jesus birth.
Chapter 9, verses 6-7 says;
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this”
In several places in the bible it says of Jesus; “By Him and for him were all things created”
Christmas reminds us; The Creator of everything gave up his position and came to Earth to be one of us and show us how we had drifted away and to actually be the way back to Him. He said; I am the Way, theTruth and the Life
It’s thanking God for His Gift of Jesus Christ; The ultimate act of Love. He can give us the best in life, life ongoing after death, as a Gift for any to accept.
Also in the Bible, we can read John 3:16,17
16: “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.
17: “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved”
That is what Christmas is all about.
Our amazing God has made provision for us to be His Children forever!
Happy Christmas everyone, from the Bruce Rock Church of Christ