Greetings Flag Branch members and friends and thanks for taking the time to join me, Pastor Jordan, for some Fine Points from yesterday’s service and message “Why Jesus Was Born”.
A lot of people celebrate a holiday they understand little about. For instance, while many people know that Christmas had something to do with Jesus being born, many of them cannot tell explain or know why Jesus was born.
Some may tell you He was born to save the world which would be true. But just what does that mean and how was and how did He do that?
First, Jesus was not conceived by natural human methods. For most of human history people thought that impossible. But now we know a woman can be impregnated outside the natural human method. Mary, the mother of Jesus, conceived in this manner but by a Divine method God is and was able to perform.
Therefore, Jesus was not conceived and born by the will of man, nor of the flesh but by the will of God. He was born with a mission and He articulated that mission in His final hours while being questioned by a governor whose name was Pilate. In those final moments Jesus affirms that He was born to be a king.
He was born to be the king of God’s people and sit upon the throne of an everlasting and eternal kingdom. But not only that. He said He was also born to bear witness of the truth. The truth of creation. The truth of our existence. The truth of God’s purpose. The truth of God’s mercy and judgement.
He was and is God’s star witness in His case to preserve and save humanity. Everybody who will be saved are those who love the truth and abide in the truth. They hear and believe the words of Jesus. This is why Jesus was born. He was born to be the king of the people of God and to be an eye and star witness of God’s creation and the purpose of it.
By believing in Him we can fulfill our own purpose in being born which is to live and not to die. I was raised hearing people say we were born to die. But I discovered that man was not born to die, but born to live eternally with God. But he will die unless he turns to the king and becomes a lover of the truth.
Yes, people are doing a lot of things in the name of a holiday that is about the birth of someone who was born for a reason they don’t understand, don’t care to know or know but fail to receive.
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Pastor Jordan
