Christmas--The Birthday of the King

One of the messages of Christmas that often is overlooked by the world is that the virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ is about the birthday of a King.  Where you may say do we find this message?  The message is found in the pages of God's Word the Bible.  In the Gospel of Luke the Bible says:

And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I am a virgin?" And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy--the Son of God. Luke 1:30-35


What you just read is one of the familiar accounts often read during this time of year in the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.  Notice that this message given by the angel is for the purpose to bring comfort and remove fear. This is the case today also. The announcement of the birth of the King brings comfort by reminding us the following truths:

1. The birth of King Jesus reminds us that God is a God who saves and rescues people from sin (And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.).  The name "Jesus" means that God is the one who saves.  What does Jesus save us from?  Jesus saves us from our sin against our Creator, the Lord God.  In fact, when the angel spoke to Joseph, he communicated to him the purpose of the birth of Christ.  The angel told him that the child will be called Jesus because "he will save his people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21).  This is the main purpose of the birth of Jesus Christ the King.  Jesus came to earth from the throne of heaven for the purpose to purchase us from our sin through the shedding of his blood on the cross of Calvary (John 3:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4). We rebelled against our loving Creator (Genesis 3), but our Creator loves us so much that He made the way back from our rebellion against Him through Jesus Christ (John 14:6).  What about you?  Have you come back to God and asked Him for forgiveness?  Do so now while you still have this moment.
2. The birth of King Jesus reminds us that Lord God is the One who rules the world (And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David).  The Lord God created the entire universe in 6 days as written in Genesis 1.  The Lord God is the one who also promised King David of Israel that through his offspring his throne will be established forever (2 Samuel 7:1-29; Psalm 89: 20-29; Hebrews 1:1-12).  Jesus Christ is this one who God promised to David.  The Bible teaches us that one day Jesus Christ will come back a second time to rule the world as King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19:11-21) and will rule forever ( his kingdom there will be no end).

In light of the wonderful fulfilled promises of the coming of Christ, and the many future promises of Christ's return--have you submitted your heart to the rule of Jesus Christ?  Do so now willingly so you will not have to one day at the Day of Judgment (Revelation 20:11-15).  On that Day it will be too late to receive forgiveness of your sin--rather you will your eternal punishment! 

I close with Philippians 2: 5-11:

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on across. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that JesusChrist is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Pastor Steve
Psalm 119:89