The gospel of Matthew begins by calling Christ the "son of David" and the "son of Abraham"....Both David and Abraham had very special sons, but they were disappointments. The true son of Abraham was not Isaac, but Jesus; the true son of David was not Absolom, or Solomon but Jesus.
This is the son who is not a disappointment. Fathers failed and their son's failed also, except this son. He came to lift the family of man to a new level. Jesus never needed to go to a counselor, he was never at the end of his tether. He met every situation with absolute poise and timely reaction. What a son to be proud of? We can hang on to Him.....He became a son.... "for us".
He demonstrated that we also can live like him. We do not just get by, scrape through, rowing hard, but we voyage under a full sail. With a son like that we can face the music even when we do not like the tune. Jesus says "Because I live you will live also". Jesus is coming back "for us". Christ Jesus has never resigned from the human family; he is forever the Son of Man, born and bread here from infancy.
He could come back anytime now, back to where he was born. What a homecoming! He loves this family of man, his own family. He wants to be with us, and wants to come back to the world of men and women.
The family get to gether at Christmas is a wonderful time, but it is only a picture of what is to come. When Jesus the Son comes home, what a renuion that will be....What feasting....what joy. No one who belongs there will be missing. Every born again child of God will meet the Son, Jesus, face to face. The celebrations will go on and on...So many have forgotton about all this. They know that Jesus came to earth, but they think he disappeared into the blue a long time ago.
Christmas just keeps his memory alive. Folks read the bible, read about Jesus and what he was like.....but overlook the fact that he is coming back.
He is coming for you
This is the son who is not a disappointment. Fathers failed and their son's failed also, except this son. He came to lift the family of man to a new level. Jesus never needed to go to a counselor, he was never at the end of his tether. He met every situation with absolute poise and timely reaction. What a son to be proud of? We can hang on to Him.....He became a son.... "for us".
He demonstrated that we also can live like him. We do not just get by, scrape through, rowing hard, but we voyage under a full sail. With a son like that we can face the music even when we do not like the tune. Jesus says "Because I live you will live also". Jesus is coming back "for us". Christ Jesus has never resigned from the human family; he is forever the Son of Man, born and bread here from infancy.
He could come back anytime now, back to where he was born. What a homecoming! He loves this family of man, his own family. He wants to be with us, and wants to come back to the world of men and women.
The family get to gether at Christmas is a wonderful time, but it is only a picture of what is to come. When Jesus the Son comes home, what a renuion that will be....What feasting....what joy. No one who belongs there will be missing. Every born again child of God will meet the Son, Jesus, face to face. The celebrations will go on and on...So many have forgotton about all this. They know that Jesus came to earth, but they think he disappeared into the blue a long time ago.
Christmas just keeps his memory alive. Folks read the bible, read about Jesus and what he was like.....but overlook the fact that he is coming back.
He is coming for you
