He Was Born To Die

 He Was Born To Die

Scripture Reading:  Matthew 1:18-25

Focus Verse:  Matthew 1:21  “And she will have a Son, and you are to name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

It’s hard to believe but I am now a grandfather.  I have one granddaughter born about a year ago, and another granddaughter on the way, as well as a grandson on the way.  What a great blessing this is for our family.  When a new baby is born it’s a very happy time. It’s hard to think about the day they will die.  That’s just not something that we want to think about.

I’m sure that death was not something Joseph and Mary were thinking about the night baby Jesus was born.  But the main reason Jesus left the comforts of Heaven to come to the earth was to die.  His death was not a normal death, but an atoning death and a temporary one.  Atoning: The only way we could be saved from our sins is if someone died a sacrificial death in our place.  Only one person could die such a death.  Jesus was the only person qualified for such a death because He had never sinned.  He didn’t deserve to die for us but did so willingly.  John 3:16 says, “For this is how God loved the world, He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” 

 

Have you believed in Him?  Have you accepted this gift of salvation?  Jesus knew when He came from Heaven to earth He was coming to die.  Then he was alive three days later! So as we celebrate the birth of Jesus this Christmas season let’s not forget the love that God has for us that He would send His only Son to die for us so we can live eternally with our risen Savior in Heaven.

Bobby Johnson

Interlocking Ministries