And you, Bethlehem Ephrata, as I am small among the thousands of Judah, will come out of you that thou shall reign in Israel, and whose departures are ancient times, days of eternity. Miqueas 5: 2
This is the time of year when, whether we like it or not, we are forced to think of the birth of Christ. I think it’s one of the most absurd things under heaven to think there’s religion when Christmas Day is celebrated. Is there no likelihood that our Savior Jesus Christ was born that day, and his observance is purely of papal origin?surely those who are Catholics have the right to claim it?but I can’t understand how consistent Protestants can somehow consider it sacred. I liked having ten or twelve days of Christmas a year because there is a lot of work in the world and a little more rest would not harm the workers.
- Christmas Day is a true blessing to us.
- Especially as it gathers us around the chimney of our homes and we meet with our friends; However.
- Even if we do not follow in the footsteps of others.
- I see no harm in thinking of the incarnation and birth of the Lord Jesus We do not want to be classified among those who:.
Let the care of others
The ancient Puritans did their job on Christmas Day, only to show that they were protesting against the observation of that day, but we believe that they protested so radically that we wish as their descendants enjoy the accidental good conferred that day and leave the superstitious continue their superstitions.
I will immediately move on to the point I must comment on. First we see who sent Christ. God the Father speaks here and says, “The governor of Israel will come out of me. “Secondly, where did it come from at the time of its incarnation?Third, why did you come?” Reign in Israel. ” Fourth, have you been here before?Yes, I’ve already. ? whose departures are since ancient times, from the days of eternity. ?
So, first of all, WHO HAS THE CHRIST? The answer is given to us by the words of the text: “From you,” the Lord said, speaking by the mouth of Miqueas, “I will come out of you. “It is a sweet thought that Jesus Christ did not come without the permission, authority, consent, and help of his Father, he was sent by the Father to be the Savior of men. Are we inclined to forget that while there are distinctions about the people of the Godhead, there is no distinction with regard to honor?And we often attribute the honor of our salvation, or at least the depth of his mercy and the end of his benevolence, much more to Jesus Christ than to the Father, is a grave mistake. Wasn’t it the Father who sent him?And if he became a baby, wasn’t it the Holy Ghost who begat him?If he spoke wonderfully, wouldn’t it have been the Father who shed grace on his lips, to make him a minister capable of the new covenant?
If your father abandoned you by taking the bitter field cup, didn’t you love him?And after three days, didn’t he rise from the dead and receive him upstairs, apprehending him?Ah, dear brethren, anyone who knows the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, as he should know them, never puts one at the expense of the other, are you no more grateful to one than the other?Look at them all in Bethlehem, Gethsemane, and Calvary, all equally involved in the work of salvation. “He’ll get out of you. ” O Christians, have you put your safety alone in Him?And are you united with Him? So you have to believe that you are united with the God of heaven?Since they are brothers of Jesus Christ man and have an intimate relationship with Him, then, for this reason, they are bound to the eternal God, and to the “old man of days?You want to get out of me?
Have you never seen the depth of love that was in the heart of the Lord when God the Father prepared his Son for the great effort of mercy? In heaven, was there a sad day when Satan fell and took with him a third of the stars in heaven, when the Son of God, hurled from his great right hand of omnipotent thunder, cast the rebellious group into the pit of perdition? ? However, if we could conceive a feather in heaven, it must have been a sadder day when the Son of the Most High left the womb of his Father, where he had rested before all the worlds. “Look,” said the Father, “with your Father’s blessing on your head. ” Soon comes the stripping of your clothes. How the angels gather to see the Son of God undress! Have you put your crown aside? He said: Father, am I the Lord of all, blessed forever? however, I will put my crown aside and be like a mortal man. Take off your shining mantle of glory? ?Father,? He said, “I’m going to put on a clay suit, the same one that men wear. ” So do you take off all the jewels with which you have been glorified? she put aside her star-embroidered dresses and light tunics, to dress in the simple clothes of the Galilean peasantry. How solemn this undressing must have been!
So can you imagine the separation? The angels serve the Savior in the streets, until they approach the gates, when an angel exclaims: “Lift up, oh gates, your heads, arise, oh eternal entrances, and the King of glory will come out. ” ? Oh! Am I of the opinion that the angels must have wept when they lost the company of Jesus? When the sun from heaven has taken away all its light. However, they followed him. Did they go down with him? and when his spirit entered the flesh and became a baby, was he served by this mighty angelic host? Those who, having been with him in the hovel of Bethlehem, and having seen him resting on his mother’s breast, when they were going up, appeared to the shepherds and told them that the King of the Jews had been born. The Father sent it! Contemplate this topic. Should your souls hold on to this point and think about every period of His life when He suffered what the Father so desired? that each stage of his life was marked by the approval of the great I AM. Every thought you have about Jesus must relate to the eternal and blessed God; because the,? says the Lord,? So who sent it? The answer: the Father.
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