Christmas Hope
December 11-12
Christmas Hope
“‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah. Jeremiah 33:14
Christmas is said to be the most wonderful time of the year. While it’s easy for the holiday to pass by quickly, we must stop and celebrate the true reason for the season – the hope that is wrapped up in the birth of Jesus. Today may you be reminded of the hope, promise, joy and love the Bible gives us in telling God’s great story.
In Genesis 3:15, after the fall of man, God immediately gave a promise of hope to Adam, Eve — and us. He promised one day He would send a Savior to repair all that was broken. He would send Jesus to pay the ultimate price and bring back what was lost.
Sure enough, thousands of years after this promise, the Gospel of Matthew describes the fulfillment of God’s wonderful, long-awaited promise when he writes, “She (Mary) will give birth to a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). This season remember why Jesus’ arrival to Earth was necessary. Jesus came to restore what sin destroyed. Jesus came to bring hope to all people, giving them the opportunity to have a close relationship with God again.