"God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in thee last days spoken to us in His Son...." (Hebrews 1:1, 2)
The carol declares that it was "on a cold winter's night." We don't know about that, but we are eternally thankful for that night whatever the temperature. "Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night." Our text declares that the night time "appearing" was really a "speaking"--- and what a "Word" is Jesus.
"....At various times and in various ways," the Living Triune God had spoken to humanity. But in the Babe of Bethlehem He spoke the "final" Word. He was, "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." Now, you and I and any of the human race who so desire Him may receive Him. The carol says, "No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin, where meek souls will receive him, still the dear Christ enters in." Meekness is the key in our relationship in the Godhead. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth,"----------------------- and everything which comes, "from the hand of God."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You for the speaking Babe of Bethlehem. Amen.
The carol declares that it was "on a cold winter's night." We don't know about that, but we are eternally thankful for that night whatever the temperature. "Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night." Our text declares that the night time "appearing" was really a "speaking"--- and what a "Word" is Jesus.
"....At various times and in various ways," the Living Triune God had spoken to humanity. But in the Babe of Bethlehem He spoke the "final" Word. He was, "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." Now, you and I and any of the human race who so desire Him may receive Him. The carol says, "No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin, where meek souls will receive him, still the dear Christ enters in." Meekness is the key in our relationship in the Godhead. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth,"----------------------- and everything which comes, "from the hand of God."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You for the speaking Babe of Bethlehem. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
