ListenDaily - 16 December 2008; What Mary, Joseph, and Jesus Did For You
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone; for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time. 1 Timothy 2:1-6
(find this or any other passage at www.Biblegateway.org)
UPS has an advertising campaign slogan; "What can brown do for you?" In other words, while many consumers might have a perception that UPS is just for business, or just for somebody else, that they actually have a service for everyone.
Hmm...
Sometimes it seems that there is a separation between the Christmas story and us. It is like Mary, Joseph, and the Baby...the angels and the shepherds...are from an old, old story that is nice to set out on the mantle each year after we put our presents under the tree, but has little actual relevance here and now. Not that we don't believe in a Savior...but what's the connection?
God...wants all to be saved.
This means you too.
God...wants all to be saved. All!
For there is...one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
And so, the Man, Jesus came to be the mediator...for all..and that includes you. And you are not just lumped in with the group. C.S. Lewis once said that "Christ did not just came to save every person, but each person. He would have come if only one person had ever accepted Him."
When the Son came into the world He saw you, He came for you.
Mary and Joseph may not have known about you as Jesus did, but their sacrifices, their trials, their joys, were for you.
Merry Christmas friend, this holiday is for you.
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Questions:
1. How does this idea make you feel?
2. Have you ever considered that you were an integral part of Christ coming to Earth?
3. Does that change anything for you?
INTERESTING THOUGHT:
"Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live for ever, and this must be either true or false.
Now there are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about if I were going to live only seventy years,
but which I had better bother about very seriously if I am going to live for ever."
C.S. Lewis
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