Daily and Weekly Christian Inspiration
“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” ~ St. Francis of Assisi
Even just a smile could brighten someone’s life today!
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
With Pastor Jim Greco and his wife Beth who is the director of the Walter Hoving Rehab Home where they are currently housing and ministering hope to 75 broken lives. A great service where 27 women responded to the message. Praise the Lord!
Our Westie and Scottie had a trip to the groomers today so that the handsome Mr. Knightly and cute Miss Iona,will be all ready to take part in the Tartan Parade up Sixth Avenue in New City tomorrow. We are so proud of our furry children, LOL! Thank you, Lord, for blessing us with the unconditional love of our pets.
Oh! to live in heaven with the saints above that will be Glory
But to live with them on earth that’s a different story
Romans 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men
Since we are all born with an Adam nature and born as sinners separated from God, where could we ever find someone who was sinless, who could take the penalty for our sin by taking our place of judgement? It had to be someone who did not inherit the Adam nature. The only way this could possibly happen was to have someone born physically without an earthly father since sin is inherited through our fathers’ bloodline not our mothers’. But everyone male or female inherits that Adam nature since we all have earthly fathers.
There was only one born who did not have an earthly father, that one was the babe in the manger in Bethlehem. Yes, even He did have an earthly mother who had been born of an earthly father, but biologically the blood of the mother never intermingles with the blood of the fetus, thus He could be born without a sinful nature. The chemistry is in the blood, sin is in the blood, and life is in the blood.
If this babe had an earthly father He would have been paying for the penalty of His own sin.
He had to be the perfect Lamb to be found worthy to take away the sin of the world.
If He wasn’t born of a virgin we are still in our sins for His sacrificial death would not have been an acceptable sacrifice when He presented His blood in the Holy of Holies in the heavens.
When the Father by the power of the Holy Spirit plants His seed in our spiritual wombs we are “born again” of a different bloodline through the New Birth as we now can become the children of God.
Surely the Christmas story is The Son of God becoming a man to enable men to become the sons of God.
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
CHALLENGE:
Except we become as little children we cannot see the Kingdom of God.
Celebrate the miracle of the Virgin Birth this season with childlike wonder and faith.