Meaning OF Christmas pat II

As we all think about this today, I want to give you something to think about.

God gave his gift to us when Jesus was born. We think about the word that was spoken by the angles in Luke 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

Well the peace he was talking about was the peace between himself and Man and that he was extending his goodwill toward man. Jesus was going to close the gap that had been there since Adam and Eve committed the sin. His love was so great that he wanted to become closer to us all. The risk God took was tremendous. He set all the hope of mankind onto his Son. You may be asking what risk could there be? Because, Jesus was born as a man he had the same feelings, desires and temptations that we did. At any time he could have said no. He could have bowed down to the Devil and took any of the temptations. I cannot support this very well, but I believe that the Devil had to ask to tempt him in a special way just as he did Job. He knew that because of whom Jesus was he had to make the stakes even bigger. Jesus asked God in the garden that if there was any other way to do what needed to be done that the Cup passes him. Good had trust in his Son to do the right thing. The true gift for man came on a Good Friday and then the greatest gift came Easter. Jesus Gave His ALL then and His Father was true to his word and lifted him up. It is time we let Christmas go back like it was during the first part of the church. Just a blip on the radar. We need to celebrate Easter like we do Christmas. Maybe with more flare!