No Other Reason

Why celebrate Christmas?

Many celebrate because it's a holiday.

Many celebrate because that is what they have always done.

Many celebrate to receive and give gifts.

Christmas is much, much more than that.

So much more.

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.  

God’s son’s birth.

God’s son is Jesus.

Jesus was born of an immaculate conception.

Jesus was born for a purpose.

God sent his son, Jesus, to be born and die for us.

Jesus was born sentenced to a horrific death.

Jesus was born to die for the forgiveness of our sins.

Jesus was born to die so that you and I could have eternal life.

Jesus was born to die for us.

To Die For Us……

Jesus was born of a virgin.

Jesus was born in a manger.

Jesus was born the son of a carpenter.

Jesus was baptized by his cousin in the name of God his father.

Jesus performed miracle after miracle.

Jesus was doubted by both his disciples and people who witnessed his miracles.

Jesus knew we would disappoint both him and God, his father, time after time after time.

Jesus died a horrific, long, suffering, publicly humiliating death…

Jesus knew it all before it happened. 

Jesus lived it anyway.

Jesus did it all for our eternal life.

So, why celebrate Christmas?

Christmas celebrates our savior.

There is no other reason.