Saturday, December 24, 2011

The Story of Christmas


A few weeks ago I attended Andrew Peterson’s Behold the Lamb of God concert.  I have heard the story of the birth of Christ many times, but he ended the concert with a powerful scripture that seemed to really bring together the whole picture.
Colossians 1:15-20
 “Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
      He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
 
 for through him God created everything
      in the heavenly realms and on earth.
   He made the things we can see
      and the things we can’t see—
   such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
      Everything was created through him and for him.
 
 He existed before anything else,
      and he holds all creation together.
 
 Christ is also the head of the church,
      which is his body.
   He is the beginning,
      supreme over all who rise from the dead
      So he is first in everything.
 
 For God in all his fullness

      was pleased to live in Christ,
 
 and through him God reconciled
      everything to himself.
   He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
      by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.”
So there you have it.  God wrapped himself up in flesh and came down to earth.  To bring peace & joy and to die to save us all.  And that, my friends, is why we celebrate Christmas.

1 comment:

  1. We went to see it in Midland a few years ago and loved it.

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