Acknowledge your sins before God. Don’t hesitate to cry unto Him, while pouring out your heart.
Psalm 68:1-3 (KJV)
1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
When Jesus returns the wicked will melt like wax in flames of fire. How fearful they will be when they see the Lord coming.
Psalm 67:1-3 (KJV)
1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
People in all the nations are glad because of God and his work in their lives. The Lord judges the people righteously.
Luke 2:12-15 (KJV)
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
The birth of Jesus is the greatest event to ever take place on this earth. This is when our King came to save us from our sins.
The true reason we celebrate Christmas is not about Santa Clause or presents, but about Jesus and His glorious birth.
Exodus 20:5 (KJV)
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
People have forgotten about Jesus during the Christmas season. The precious birth of Jesus is slowly being forgotten.
Matthew 1:17,18 (KJV) 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. 18 Now the birth of Jesus
Santa is a substitute for Jesus on Christmas. True Christians can see this, and therefore, don’t let Santa influence their children’s lives.
Revelation 1:13,14 (KJV)
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Santa/Satan doesn’t want children to pray to God for their wants and needs. Instead, he wants children to make a list for him.
Luke 1:53-55 (KJV)
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
54 He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
He who exalts himself will eventually be brought down. We are filled when we are hungry for God’s Words.
Luke 1:43-45 (KJV)
43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Jesus did come those two thousand years ago. God came down and became flesh. He lived a perfect and sinless life.
Luke 1:37,38 (KJV)
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Mary had found favor with God. Therefore, she was told that she would bring forth a son, who is called Jesus.
Matthew 2:11,12 (KJV)
11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Gold, frankincense, and myrrh were priceless gifts, and still, they were given willfully to Jesus, the Messiah.
Matthew 2:1-3 (KJV)
1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Jesus’s birth is the best thing that has ever happened to mankind. God became flesh to save His people from their sins.
Matthew 1:21-24 (KJV)
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.
22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
Jesus is the reason why we do anything during this Christmas season. We remember His glorious birth.
Mark 12:24-26 (KJV)
24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
Mormons teach a false doctrine that says that eternal marriage was given to Adam and Eve, but as time went by it was taken from the earth.
1 Corinthians 15:31 (KJV)
31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
If baptisms for the dead was performed by church leaders in the past, then these writings would be available to Christians today.