The thief
cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they
might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10).
The
exciting thing about Christmas is the purpose for which Jesus was born; the
reason He came. He came that you might have life—the God-life—to the full.
Jesus didn’t come to establish a new religion; neither did He come to show us
an example of how to live the good life. He came to make us sons of God. John
1:12 says, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.”
God’s
desire was for us to have His kind of life, and His plan, according to the
Scriptures, was for Jesus to give us this life. 1 John 5:11-12 says, “And this
is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his
Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath
not life.”
The Apostle
Paul referenced something very powerful and significant about the Christ-life
in us in Colossians 1:26-27. He writes, “Even the mystery which hath been hid
from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom
God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the
Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
Have you
ever tried to imagine what Christ living in a man really means? If Jesus
Christ, who opened blind eyes, unstopped deaf ears, gave the lame new legs to
walk, healed the maimed, and raised the dead, truly lives in you, what should
that make you? It means you’re invincible; a superman; and an extraordinary
success; a victor forever! This is what makes Christmas special; it’s Christ
alive in you. He came for you, to live in you, and to live through you.
PRAYER: Dear
Father, I thank you for the gift of your Son Jesus, whom you sent to give me
eternal life. I have eternal life in my spirit, because I’ve received Christ.
Christ in me means glory in my life; it means divinity revealed and expressed
in, and through me. I’m the expression of the beauties and righteousness of
Christ, bringing wholeness, sanity, and salvation to my world, in Jesus’ Name.
Amen.
FURTHER
STUDY: John 15:5-6 - “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who
remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can
do nothing. 6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away
like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be
burned.
Galatians
2:20 - My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live,
but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son
of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
1 YEAR
BIBLE READING PLAN: Revelation 17 Zechariah 1-3
2 YEAR BIBLEREADING
2 YEAR BIBLE
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