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Name:Daniel
Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
About Me: I used to believe that evolution was reasonable, that homosexuality was genetic, and that people became Christians because they couldn't deal with the 'reality' that this life was all there was. I used to believe, that if there was a heaven - I could get there by being good - and I used to think I was more or less a good person. I was wrong on all counts. One day I finally had my eyes opened and I saw that I was not going to go to heaven, but that I was certainly going to suffer the wrath of God for all my sin. I saw myself as a treasonous rebel at heart - I hated God for creating me just to send me to Hell - and I was wretched beyond my own comprehension. Into this spiritual vacuum Jesus Christ came and he opened my understanding - delivering me from God's wrath into God's grace. I was "saved" as an adult, and now my life is hid in Christ. I am by no means sinless, but by God's grace I am a repenting believer - a born again Christian.
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Unto Us A Savior..

Yes, Christmas has become increasingly secular.

Yes, Christmas has become commercialism's darling.

Yes, Christmas is a man invented holiday that God never asked anyone to observe.

Yes, Christ was almost certainly not born on December 25th

Yes, the name of Christ (and Christianity in general) is being surgically removed from the holiday

But we cannot forget that God -did- send a Savior. The angel spoke to Joseph saying, "You shall call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sin."

That is the Christmas message, that God sent Jesus to earth to save a chosen people from their sin.

It is disturbing that Christmas is becoming more a celebration of what Christ came to save His people from, than the fact that Christ came to save His people from it.

Let us who are His people celebrate the salvation He came to bring us. Spend some time contemplating the Savior this season.

And have a Merry God-sent-Jesus-Christ-to-save-His-people-from-their-sin day!

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posted by Daniel @ 8:28 AM 4 comment(s)