Friday, December 30, 2005

Sunday Re-cap (24th Dec 2005)

The Birthday
Ps Sam Hari


Birthdays are celebrated based on the achievement that one has in life.
Today we celebrate Jesus' birthday because of what He achieved.
What was His greatest achievement? There were many and The Cross is one of the them.
Scripture. Jn 3.16, Rom 5:6-8

What does the cross signify? One vertical bar and one horizontal bar which speaks of the following 3 points.

  1. God came down to save all mankind. From what? Destruction, sickness & disease, separation from God & one another, etc.
  2. God loved us, so love one another. Jn 15:12-14,
    LOVE HAS A BIG HEART. (Covers a multitude of sins).
    THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE.
  3. God is coming again, for all mankind. (Are we ready to receive Him? Have we reconciled ourselves to Him & to one another?)

Let this Christmas be meaningful to us & let's put a smile on His face today.
Christmas will be meaningless if all we did was sing carols, shopped, ate did dramas & not understood, received & spread his love.
God is Love. Can we understand this? Christmas is God reaching out to all of us in friendship. It is a day signaling reconciliation. Can we respond?

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