Jesus Is The Reason For The Season

“when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.”


Galatians 4:4–5


Growing up my Mom and Dad would have the Andy Williams Christmas album playing in our house. I heard the song so many times I could sing it in my sleep…

“It's the most wonderful time of the year

There'll be much mistltoeing

And hearts will be glowing

When love ones are near

It's the most wonderful time

Yes the most wonderful time

Oh the most wonderful time

Of the year…


Christmas for as long as I can recall has been a wonderful time of the year. I have so many great memories from my earliest childhood then getting married and having a family of our own and now with grandchildren its even more wonderful. My parents told my sisters and brother and I about the birth of Jesus and how Christmas was the celebration of his being born into this world but I didn’t know why. I never understood anything more about the true meaning of Christmas until I gave my life to the Lord in 1980 and as I began to read my bible I understood that Jesus was born to die. The greatest gift ever known to mankind came in the form of a baby, when God took on human flesh to redeem a world held captive by sin and death. Reading the gospel of Matthew and learning the story surrounding Jesus miraculous birth to the Virgin Mary explained clearly that Jesus was born to save us, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). In the book of Revelation Jesus is described as “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8).


Christmas is the season, Jesus is the reason! Christmas is the celebration of our Savior being born into this world to save us from our sins. Knowing Jesus was born to die doesn’t diminish the joy of Christmas, it actually heightens it. The writer of Hebrews gives us much insight in understanding the baby who was born to die. In Hebrews 2:9-10 we read, “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.” Verses 14-15 goes on to say, “Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”


Jesus knew exactly what He was doing when He came to earth. Jesus was born to die, to be the sacrifice that would remove our sins once and for all, all for the glory of His Father, “Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. Then I said, 'Behold, I have come-- In the volume of the book it is written of Me-- To do Your will, O God' " (Hebrews 10:5-7).


Don’t forget, without Christ there is no such thing as Christmas. Jesus is and will always be the reason that the Christmas season is the most wonderful time of the year!  



“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”


Isaiah 9:6


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