Re: Meaning of Christmas

Christmas is a celebration of the Lord's coming to earth, taking on our humanity (along with his deity) and showing us what God is - LOVE...In the Bible, John chapter 3:16-21 - "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not Believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the TRUTH comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
We on our own have no way to reconcile ourselves to God...according to God, this is the most important message to understand...Christ came to be facilitate that reconciliation because we can't. It's God's love for us that caused him to take our punishment of death in place of us. ALL WE DO