"For to us a child is born, to us, a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” – Isaiah 9:6
Who is this Christ of Christmas? "He is the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in Heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him, all things hold together. And He is the Head of the body, the church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be pre-eminent. For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in Heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross.
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, He has now reconciled in His body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister." That is the answer given to us by the Apostle Paul in Colossians.
On January 1, 2015, I asked on Facebook what verse we might pray into 2015; what verse would we like to pin to 2015? Colossians 3:14-17 came to the fore; it was a big ask. God seeks a people - and as a people, as God's people let us seek Him. Let us pray that as He walks among us we will not push Him away. Let the Christ of Christmas be the Christ of Christians! 2000 years ago He walked among us (literally the Bible says He pitched His tent among us), yet we refused Him. He is in the world, the world was created by Him, but do we know Him? (click here)
Do you know HIM?
I pray we know Him.
I pray we know the Christ of Christmas.
(first published in 2015 ... there is nothing new under the sun, yet all is made new under the Son)
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