Born to die

“But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” – Matthew 1:20-21

From all of us here at Llandudno Youth for Christ, we wish you a very merry Christmas and a blessed and prosperous New Year.

I love Christmas, it is a time of great joy and celebration. A time of awe and reverence. The Creator of the entire cosmos, the one for, in and through whom everything was made and the who sustains everything by the power of His word stooped down and became incarnate as a baby. A weak baby, born inconspicuously in Bethlehem without any earthly pomp and circumstance (excepting of course the wondrous angelic fanfare that the shepherds saw).

God is simply astounding in the lengths He has gone to, to save and redeem mankind.

For this baby Jesus was born for a purpose, to save His people from their sins. The way He would do this was by dying on the cross, taking the worst we could throw at our Creator, our utter rejection of Him, and forgiving it and redeeming it to such an extent that the cross is no-longer viewed as a torture device, but for those of us that call Jesus Lord, it is a symbol of redeeming love and radical forgiveness.

This baby was born to die as one of us, for all of us.

So this Christmas let us worship Jesus who was born, lived, died, rose again, ascended and is coming back again.

Please also continue to pray for the young people in our area, that they would find the hope and life that can only be found in Jesus.

Have a blessed Christmas.