The Birth

Jesus came to Earth with the simple message of forgiveness. 

That is really what the substance of the Bible is, forgiveness, from the very beginning when God forgave Adam and Eve and only sent them out of the garden (instead of killing them and starting over), on down to Paul who was definitely not the most up right individual on Earth at the time. You may know that God interrupted Saul on his way to terrorize more Christians and then changed his name to Paul and sent him out to tell the non-Jewish world that forgiveness is required to see the Kingdom of Heaven.

I sometimes get accused of over simplifying the Gospel Message but I always disagree, for when you look at what Jesus said to all those that “had ears” there is always a point He made about someone giving forgiveness or receiving forgiveness of one sort or another.

So this Christmas as we celebrate the Birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, just remember that if nothing else, give someone you know forgiveness for whatever stands in the way of your relationship with that person. That gift of forgiveness might not have a financial value but it will have an eternal value to your relationship with Jesus.  

And isn’t that what this season is all about in the first place?