THE PARADOX OF CHRISTMAS

It's more blessed to give than to receive the scripture say's.
But giving as a gesture of Love isn't complete without the recipient receiving it,
RECEIVING makes GIVING complete.
It's possible to Accept a gift and not Receive it
It's possible to Accept a meal and not Eat it.
It's possible to Accept a drink and not Drink it.
It's possible to Accept money and not Spend it.
It's possible to Accept a Life and not Experience it.
It's possible to Accept CHRIST and not Know Him.
It's important to not confuse Giving by itself because Accepting the package isn't equal to receiving the gift.

 In other words it's even possible to receive a gift and not open it and make it yours.
It's time for us all to realligne our mind's to the True  Essence & the Significance of this season "CHRISTMAS".
Could it be that we're too excited about the fun & the Merriment that comes with the Season that we forget the Reason for the Season!!!

 Let's pause and understand WHY Christmas is necessary for us as BELIEVERS or better still God's Original intent for you and I from the beginning before the fall of mankind.

Let me begin by setting perspectives herein that, God's perfect plans for you and I from the beginning of creation with reference to  Genesis chapter one & two was...
♥ To make a Creature that looks just like Himself with His image.

♥ God being Love had to Love, so in order for love to be complete there must be a recipient and the recipient has to be just like the giver, so God fashioned us(Man) after His likeness breath His Spirit into us so He can fellowship with man Spirit to Spirit.

♥ God further proofed His Love for mankind by extending His Authority to us to Rule and Dominate over every work of His creation, I could almost hear God saying though the Earth is mine and all that dwells therein but Son I want you to have it, Work the ground and make it yield fruits, cultivate it and every deposit in it, take care of it, protect & guard it, in order words you're in charge of this extension of my Kingdom, make it look like Heaven.

♥God also had to give mankind the power of Will to decide and make decisions concerning the Dominion Mandate given to him by God, I believe the Power of Will was given to Man (Adam) so he would have to take absolute Responsibility for the Garden of Eden which was the perfect Environment God designed so he could function adequately.

♥To show how much of a father God is He usually  comes down to fellowship and commune with Man (Adam) just to show His Love for him, walk and talk with man at the cool of the day in the Garden of Eden. Man had direct access to God.

♥God's original intent was also to Rule the earth through Man so that the earth can be filled with His Glory (God's Nature) even as the water's covers the sea.

♥God's intent was to make the Earth look just like Heaven, that's why if you pay attention to the Lord's Prayer in Mathews"...Jesus said when you want to Pray , pray that God's Kingdom should come and His will be done on Earth just like it is in Heaven which is our home country..."Emphasis added.

♥God intended to rule the seen (Terrestrial or Earth) from the unseen (Celestial or Heaven).This I believe was God's plan to reign and establish His Principles and precepts on Earth.To establish His Kingdom on earth and rule the earth through Man.

♥ God finally gave man(Adam) an instruction that I believe was in man's best interest that he should eat of every fruit in the Garden except that of the tree of Good and Evil because it will compromise his relationship with Him.But since God had already given man the Power of Will, the devil in form of a serpent ended up deceiving man to exercising the Power of Will God gave man, and man decided to violet God Principles & Instructions and from that moment just like God promised man, Man ( Adam) lost his relationship with God and he died a Spiritual death and God sent man (Adam) away from the Garden of Eden(His Presence). From that moment the Spirit of God left the Earth and the Bible make us understand that through one man (Adam) sin entered the entire human race, and the wages of sin is death.

So as loving as God is, being the Alpha and the Omega the beginning and the end, being a God that doesn't start until He finishes, being a God that sees the end from the beginning, He had already made plans to restore Mankind back to Himself as it were from the beginning. God had to send Himself to the human race in human form to pay the price of our sins, that's why the Scriptures says..."He who new no sin became Sin just to redeem us from our iniquities"...Emphasis added.In the last book of the four Gospel In the New Testament,...God declared His mind thus:"For God so Loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life, and He didn't not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but to saved the world through Him"...This is indeed the greatest act of love ever shown.

In essence the privileges together with the Dominion(KINGDOM) Mandate given to mankind by God in Genesis One verses Twenty-six through Thirty were lost the moment man rebelled against God's instructions.
This is why Christmas is a thing of Joy to us all and greatest gift ever given and the greatest act of Love ever shown so that we can be Restored back to His Original plans for our lives.

Therefore I consider Christmas to be:
● The Celebration of the Greatest Gift ever given to Humanity.
● Heaven given to Earth.
● Divinity given to Humanity.
● Light given to Darkness.
● Life given to Death.
● Forgiveness given to Sin.
● Healing given to Sickness.
● God given to Mankind.
● God's Spirit restored to mankind.
● God's Love restored to mankind.
● The Birth of Our Messiah- The  Anointed KING.
● God's Redemption plan made manifest to Mankind as He promised through His prophet Isaiah that this will be the Sign: That a Virgin will be with a child and will give birth to a Son, and will call him IMMANUEL" meaning "God with Us" and he shall be the Savior of the world. "For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given:and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
● Christ Jesus the King was God's GIFT given to Man.
● The KINGDOM OF HEAVEN was Christ Jesus The KING'S GIFT to Mankind on Earth.
The GIFT was the Son "Jesus CHRIST" Inside Christ is the SPIRIT OF GOD. Jesus came bringing the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN back to Mankind as explained in Romans Fourteen verses Seventeen-Eighteen.." For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit..." YOU CAN TELL WHAT ADAM LOST BY WHAT JESUS BROUGHT,...that's THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BACK TO MANKIND.
Merry Christmas!!!

The significance of the birth of Jesus is more important than the date as in Today 25th December.
I feel it's important for us to pay attention also to the REASON WHY God had to come into the human race in human form, that must have took God so much that it's only LOVE that can explain everything.

Believe me I'm not trying to convince you out of whatever doctrine or faith you may have been thought or perhaps learnt while growing up as a Christian but my Bible tells me that..."You shall know the TRUTH and nothing but only the TRUTH shall set you free and the Truth is in God's Word.."

 So I believe it in my heart that this is what Christmas should be all about.Yes there's nothing wrong with showing kindness to one another in form of gift and other presents, LOVE after-all was and still is the motivation and God's intent for the Redemption of mankind back to His Original plans as it were from the beginning.

 But while doing that, don't loose sight of the Reason for the Season...The gift of CHRIST THE ANOINTED KING to mankind to restore us back to God.

The price for redeeming us is JESUS on the cross paying for our sins, make it count by Accepting and Receiving this Awesome Gift of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ The Anointed KING of which we're celebrating His Birth this Season.

 This Christmas is the beginning of the end of the finished work recorded in the book of Revelations..."Behold the Lamb of God that was Slain before the foundations of the World..."He paid the price long ago, it's left for you to receive it.

So I charge you to follow the word's of Jesus that I believe captures THE REASON WHY HE CAME TO EARTH, it's recorded in Mathews Six verse Thirty - three..."Seek first the Kingdom of God and it RIGHTEOUSNESS and all other things shall be added to you. ..
"In Luke chapter four verse fouty-three Jesus also declared His Purpose here on earth..."I must preach the good news (Gospel) of the KINGDOM OF GOD to other towns as well: for I was sent for this Purpose..."

 Friends it's all about God's Kingdom being established on Earth through you "THE NEW CREATION IN CHRIST"
Therefore for this Christmas celebration to be complete just like the Law of Giving demands as emphasized at the beginning, you have to Receive Christ into your life so that the Holy Spirit can begin to teach you about God's Kingdom together with God's Principles embedded in His Word, the Bible.

 Jesus speaking in John chapter Three verse three..."Truly, Truly, I say to you, unless one is Born Again, he can not see the Kingdom of God..." In confessing Romans Chapter ten verses Nine - Ten,  you have made the giving process complete. And your status automatically will change to that of Second Corinthians Chapter Five verses Seventeen-Twenty-one.
Merry Christmas!!!