Jonathots Daily Blog
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Being born is important, necessary, a boat launching.
If you were born in a manger, there is certainly some significance to that, along with an accompanying story. Yet we often determine the success of an individual based upon his or her roots, or as we phrase it, “humble beginnings.”
So it is markedly amazing that some of the greatest people in history were given extremely stressful or poverty-stricken conditions at birth.
Jesus was born.
We have a whole holiday about it. While some people debate whether the season is given enough reason of spirituality, I would rather focus on that night–when a virgin was placed in a dastardly position, and asked to perform a task, minus any experience.
Nothing of any significance in faith can be achieved unless we understand the purpose of the mission of that evening in “O Little Town of Bethlehem.”
Actually it never changed. Although we have many Calvinistic preachers who want to insist that the reason for the appearance of the Christ was for him to die on a cross, that fatalism removes our choice.
“Peace on Earth, good will toward men.”
- It was the byline of the night.
- It was the ‘holy tweet.”
- It was the mission statement.
And it didn’t change when Jesus became a man:
- “Blessed are the peacemakers.”
- “My peace I give to you.”
- “Peace be unto you.”
- “Love one another.”
- “Be reconciled to your brothers.”
- “Whenever you’ve done it unto the least of these my brethren, you’ve done it unto me.”
Here’s a strong statement: Jesus was not born to die, he was born to bring peace and good will.
(Don’t argue with me–take it up with the angels.)
And he faithfully conducted his business, echoing the voice of these heavenly proclaimers all through his ministry, until humanity came along and put nails in his healing hands and his traveling feet. It was only then that they could stop him.
So we have to learn the difference among these words: mission, free will, insanity and grace.
- The mission was “peace on Earth, good will toward men.”
- The free will was offering humans a chance to decide what they thought about it.
- The insanity was rejecting it and killing the messenger.
- And the grace is that if we choose to still believe in that “peace on Earth, good will toward men”… we can be born again.
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