A Christmas message

A Christmas message to all who believe in Jesus Christ our Savior.  This message begins in Bethlehem 2013 years ago when God delivered his only son to us so we might have a righteous path to follow.  There were many non believers at that time just as now and Jesus’ life was anything but safe and comfortable during his 31 years among us.  Because of bigotry and fear of such a dynamic person Jesus was persecuted by King Herod and in fact nailed to a cross and left to die a most agonizing death.  While on that old rugged cross Jesus told us that he forgave those who did this to him and that it was his mission to die to erase our sins and make us pure.  For those who don’t believe or who are confused and want to believe, let me explain something.  In a day when there was no communication other than direct face to face discussion this man was able to change the world.  He had to be the greatest orator in history to bring people from the dark side in the numbers that he did.  No man has been able to repeat that feat in modern history, in a time when anyone can gain access to the communicative power of the microphone and talk to millions at a time.  Several have tried most in an effort to gain their own wealth and power only to be smote down by their own fallacies.  God gave one man the power to save the world and he has left us to care for his legacy.  As I look around me I see much immorality and debauchery that has grown even among those who proclaim to love and cherish his memory.  God gave us a list of Commandments through Moses that if followed would lead the world to peace and understanding of one another and now we cannot even display those wonderful words of wisdom for fear of offending some non believer.  Do we not offend ourselves by ignoring his word? Do we not offend God for usurping his authority?  To the non believer we just appeared one day, the trees grew and bore fruit, the cows suddenly appeared and gave nourishment and the air that we breath just happened to be encapsulated around the world we live in.  All by accident they say, look around you, take in the beauty of our being and tell me it was by an accident of nature.

We Christians spend this day celebrating the day Jesus was sent to us, his birthday in our terms.  We gift one another as a tribute to the Wise men who traveled to his birth place bearing gifts for the new King.  In a day where there was no communication how did they know to come?  How did one child grow into a man and create such wonder among his fellow man in only 31 years?  In my heart I know that God has instilled in all mankind a faith that if allowed to grow will lead to eternal salvation.  There are those who use mans greed to gain favor with promises of a heaven here on earth but in the end it will be the Commandments from God that will lead us to his side.