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Title: Why Christmas? Related Products. Nicky Gumbel. Why Am I Here? It is uplifting, challenging and humorous. In the Bible in One Year app you can access a full history, audio devotions, progress tracking, and more. Download today. This website stores data such as cookies to enable necessary site functionality and analytics. Email Sign up now to receive Bible in One Year in your inbox each morning. Sign up now. Who is Jesus? Jesus was and is the Son of God.
His claims Jesus claimed to be the unique Son of God on an equal footing with God. He assumed the authority to forgive sins. He said that one day He would judge the world, and that what would matter then would be how we had responded to Him in this life.
He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. I say to myself, with jealous love, that not only is there no one else like him but there could never be anyone like him. God has landed on this enemy-occupied world in human form. In the next six weeks He was seen by over people. The wise men were right.
Nothing less than gold would be suitable for such a child. Even if Jesus was who He said He was, why do we need Him 2, years later? The second gift the wise men brought was frankincense, which was used in the temple as the symbol of prayer, and pointed to a relationship with God. Relationships are exciting! They are the most important aspect of our lives—our relationships with our parents, boyfriend or girlfriend, husband or wife, children, grandchildren, friends, coworkers, and so on.
Christianity is first and foremost about relationships rather than rules. It is about the most important relationship of all—our relationship with the God who made us. Jesus said that the first and greatest commandment is to love God. The second is to love our neighbor. So it is also 9. In the words of C. When Jesus was born, a group of highly intelligent philosophers thought He was worth bothering with. They stopped everything to take Him three symbolic presents. The first was gold—a present fit for a king.
The child in the manger was the King of kings and Lord of lords. God Himself had come to live as part of our world. Too often Jesus has been obscured by Christmas. One man wrote to The Times: 5. At Christmas we celebrate the birthday of the most important Person who has ever lived. He is the centerpiece of our civilization. After all, we call what happened before His birth B. We can test the claims of Christianity because it is a historical faith. It is based on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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