The Light of Christmas

Greetings to all,
Bitter cold! That sums up our weather of the past week. We have a little snow cover this morning that looks nice, but we all know this; "Baby it's cold outside..." I believe the only positive statement I heard about the cold weather came from a die-hard ice fisherman. His comment was; "It's buildin' ice."

Continuing the Christmas theme, I was noticing the many displays of Christmas lights soon after Thanksgiving. Actually, some were up and ready even before Thanksgiving, but that is another subject altogether.

My thought was this: All the festive lights of all the houses in the world cannot equal the Light we celebrate at Christmas. May I share a few verses concerning this Light?

The prophecy of Isaiah 9:2 is that God would send a Light. Read it with me: "The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; a light has dawned on those living in the land of darkness." He expands on the prophecy in verse 6; "For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace"

In the New Testament we find these words: "There was a man named John who was sent from God. He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light. The true light, who gives light to everyone was coming into the world." (John 1:6-9)

Jesus testified about himself: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life" (John 8:12).

Finally, these Spirit inspired words from the apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 4: "The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God...For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:4-6).

The light of the world is Jesus. May all the bright lights of the Christmas season remind us daily of this truth.

Walking in His light,

Pastor Jerry