12/11/2013 GOOD MAINTENANCE
1 Cor. 6:19-20 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from GOD? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor GOD with your body.
[New International translation]
BIBLICAL COMMENTS
The celebration of the birth of JESUS is not a mere birthday celebration. Christmas is not a big birthday "party" where people decorate their homes, exchange gifts, eat at lot of food (especially sweets and deserts), have a good time and then wait twelve months until the next birthday celebration rolls around again. Christmas is not the equivalent of a global birthday bash on a grander scale. That is not the "meaning of Christmas."
Rather, the birth of JESUS marks an extraordinary event in human history. It is a divine event. It is a time when we marvel that GOD---OMNIPOTENT (all powerful), OMNISCIENT(all knowing), OMNIPRESENT(everywhere at the same time), OMNIBENEVOLENT (all loving and all good), became flesh and blood, in the form of HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST and dwelled among us, a sinful people, so that HE could show us "WHO GOD IS." GOD became flesh in the natural world. HE became "living WORD." HE epitomizes "LOVE," "SACRIFICE," "TRUTH" "TRUE FRIEND" "ELDER BROTHER," and "RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD."