So many of the images and songs seen and heard this week are focused on the birth of our Messiah. Amid the food, décor, gifts and commercial festivities, there is nothing wrong with remembering that He came as an infant; as long as we remember that He came for one purpose
and that was to die.
John 12:32
He said Himself and I if I am lifted up …
I will draw all peoples to Myself.
Very few of us have any understanding of the reason why Jesus Christ/Yeshua Hamashiach died. If sympathy is all that people need then the cross of Messiah is ridiculous, redundant and there is no need for it. What the world needs now is not emotional, sentimental, ‘love sweet love’ feelings, but major surgery. In the moments we find ourselves face to face with those who are lost spiritually, we should recall the image of the reality of Jesus/Yeshua on the cross. If a lost soul can reach our Heavenly Father by any other means, then His death on the cross was pointless and unnecessary. If we think we are helping lost souls only with sympathy, understanding and nothing else, are we not traitors to the truth of why He came?
Each of us must have a right relationship with our Heavenly Father through Messiah; and pour out our lives in helping others in His Way, not in the ways of humanity that ignores the Father and the Cross of Messiah. The foundation and ways of so many of the religions of the world are, to serve in a pleasant attitude with a nonconfrontational manner.
However according to the scriptures, our only priority must be to present Messiah crucified and to lift Him up all the time.
I had made up my mind not to think about anything while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and to preach him as crucified. 1 Cor. 2:2.
The truth is, that every belief that is not rooted and grounded in the cross of Messiah will lead people in the wrong direction. Our words will be compelling to those with whom we are speaking only if we ourselves believe wholeheartedly in Jesus/Yeshua and are trusting in the reality of redemption through His shed blood at the cross. Our usefulness to our Heavenly Father depends entirely on an honest, truthful relationship with Messiah that is strong, and continually growing and bearing fruit.
All believers are called to expose sin and to reveal Jesus/Yeshua as Savior; and because of this we cannot always be over friendly nor be given to compromise. There are times and situations that call for strong correction in order to accomplish major spiritual surgery. Our Heavenly Father has not called us us to give great talks but to lift up Jesus Christ/Yeashua HaMashiach and Him crucified.
The Lord has dealt with us in a deep way and similarly we must be willing to help others, being ready with pertinent scriptures and not be afraid to apply those which will make the truth undeniable.
Within the first verses of the New Testament we read:
Behold a virgin shall be with child and bear a Son and they shall call His name Immanuel which is translated God with us.
Matthew 1:23
His Birth is history to us…
that Holy One who is to be born
will be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35.
Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach was
born INTO this world not FROM it.
He did not emerge out of history, He came INTO history from the outside. Messiah is not the best human being the human race can boast about, He’s a being for whom the human race can’t take any credit at all. He’s not man becoming God but God incarnated into our physical likeness. God came into human flesh from outside of it. His life/chaim, is the holiest and the highest, entering through the most humble of doors, a baby. Messiahs birth was the advent, the appearance of our Heavenly Father God in the form of a physical human being.
Galatians 4:19 concerns His birth in us My little children for whom I labor in birth again until Messiah is formed in you.
In the same way Messiah came into human history from outside of it, He must also come into each and every one of us from outside. The question we must ask ourselves this season is:
Have we allowed our own lives to become a Bethlehem for the Son of God to be Immanuel to us? Have I opened the door of my heart for Messiah to be a House of Bread through me?
The town of Bethlehem was prophesied to be where Messiah would be born. Micah 5:2
Beit lechem in Hebrew means House of Bread. Laid in a feeding trough, He was and is the Bread of Life and He dwells in our house/ our physical self where He can feed us spiritually.
We cannot enter the realm of the kingdom of God unless we are born again from above by a birth unlike physical birth. John 3:7 You must be born again from above.
Yeshua/Jesus’ words are not simply a command but a fact based on the authority of His Father. The evidence of this new birth is that we have yielded ourselves so completely to the Father that Messiah is formed in us and His nature begins to work through us. The fact that God came, and the evidence was there in the flesh; is what made redemption possible for each one of us, for whosoever will receive Him.
Although we have clear scriptural references that Messiahs birth was not exactly on 25th December, religious traditions give us the perfect opportunity to tell people the real reason for the season, lets’ make the most of it. Previous posts on related themes with many more insights are listed below for new readers. Hannukah was a time of dedication and lighting lights to lift up the light of our world – Jesus/Yeshua Messiah, Lord and soon returning King.
However we celebrate, let’s keep our eyes on Him, the author and finisher of our faith, and keep looking up for our redemption is closer now than when we first believed.
One day soon there will be true shalom, peace on earth!
Soon and very soon we are going to see the Sar Shalom – Prince of Peace and King of kings. There have been many babies born that became kings but only one King that became a baby!
Shalom aleikhem
chaverim and mishpachah!
Peace to friends and family.
Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.
Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are very precious in His sight.
Not sure ..you can be…
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,
SAY IT RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
It’s time to remember 
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