06 Dec 2009, Posted by spittingimage in General, No Comments.

The Greatest Story Ever Told

This Christmas season, open up the Bible to the Books of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John and read about how much God loves you and me…

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

Luke 1: ²⁶In the sixth month, God sent the angel
Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,²⁷to a virgin pledged
to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name
was Mary. ²⁸The angel went to her and said,
"Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."

²⁹Mary was greatly troubled at his words
and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰But
the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with
God. ³¹You will be with child and give birth to a son,
and you are to give him the name Jesus. ³²He will be
great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him
the throne of his father David, ³³and he will reign over
the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."

³⁴"How will this be," Mary asked
the angel, "since I am a virgin?"

³⁵The angel answered, "The Holy
Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
So the holy one to be born will be called^[c] the
Son of God. ³⁶Even Elizabeth your relative is going to
have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth
month. ³⁷For nothing is impossible with God."

³⁸"I am the Lord's servant,"
Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel
left her.

A child was born, God incarnate, who came to this earth, born of a virgin. He began his ministry at the age of thirty and for three years changed the course of this world forever. Upon completion of his ministry he gave us the ultimate Christmas present: Salvation. Behold, He stands at the door and knocks….

What a tremendous gift. Will you step forward and be his disciple?