For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not
perish but have eternal life.
Imagine looking at a swimming pool filled with people. All of
a sudden, you see a small child caught in the deep end, unable to swim and
sinking to the bottom. So you start waving your arms and shouting at him,
trying to give him some tips on how to make it back to the shallow end of the
pool. That of course would be a very foolish thing to do.
Does that make sense? Would anyone in
their right mind just stand there and shout while a child is drowning? Of
course not! Any rational thinking person would jump in the water and pull that
child to safety.
If Jesus did not come into our world and
died for our sin, we would be exactly like that drowning child. We would have
no hope of escaping death on our own. And while the world’s religions wave
their arms and shout instructions at us for pulling ourselves from death, Jesus
is the only one who gets into the water to save us.
As we move into the Christmas season, let
us focus our hearts and minds on the work of Jesus Christ. He is the one who
came into the world to die for our sins and rescue us from a hopeless eternity.
He did not just leave us to wallow in darkness; He did something about our
condition. Praise God today for His love! Thank God that he didn’t just give us instructions for
living, but came himself to save us from a hopeless eternity!
And Christ left
us His holy Word, the Bible, which gives us directions for living successfully,
and helps us reach our fullest potential.
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