is there anyone here who can explain to me where Christmas came from? I have heard so many different stories as to whom and as to where it came from I have no idea which is true.
Cheers......
I'm sure someone knows the exact date of the birth of Jesus, but the more important question is, is Jesus God and is he the Savior? ....and if he is the one true God, have you trusted in him as your Lord and Savior? There's no in between. Either he is or he isn't. If Jesus isn't God, then there isn't one. Every religion can be wrong, but they can't all be right!
"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be SAVED" Acts 4:12
Jesus answered, "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
Earlier I stated that all religions can be wrong, but they can't all be right. Why, because they all contradict each other. I'm not going to go into every religion, but if you will truly do your own research, you will see that this is true. You should also conclude that if there is indeed a God, it can only be in Jesus.
I'll just say this; I don't consider Christianity a Religion. But if you want to use the term Religion to describe Christianity, then it's the only one that says what God has done for you, not what you have to do for him. I got into a debate a couple of years ago with one our CF veteran posters about where do we get our morals and laws from. He said, he had his own morals. But if he were truly honest, he may have his own morals, but it's impossible to keep them. No one is perfect. We're all flawed. We're all sinners. We've all sinned and broken God's Law. Jesus said, "I have not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill the Law." Matthew 5:17.
Every other Religion has people trying to reach up to God, but in Christianity, God has reached down to us in the form of Jesus. God gave and sent his son that we would be saved through our trust in him! "For God so loved the world that he GAVE his one and only son, that who ever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16.
That is what Christmas is all about. God gave us the greatest gift we could ever receive. His son Jesus. The Bible also says that most will not receive this gift and will reject it, but I hope everyone here will receive the gift of Christ Jesus.
Thank you Don and to all here at CF.
I hope all of you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!