Christmas Fortnight Day 6

We’ve looked at lights and ornaments, let’s look at money.  Well, not exactly ‘money’ but ‘accounting’.  Most of us think of money when we think of accounting but God may have something different to say. Christmas is very commercial, there is not doubt, but that’s not my focus.  We all have a debt to pay, regardless of what we spend at Christmas.

2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

The sinless Lamb of God came to pay my sin debt so I could be ‘accounted’ righteous before God.  As a song says, “He paid a debt he didn’t owe, I owed a debt I couldn’t pay...”   Praise God for that precious, sinless babe—He came to pay MY sin debt.

“For the WAGES of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”, Romans 6:23  (wages being payment due)

James 2:23 tells us, “And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.”

Imputed means ‘to credit to an account’, God imputed righteousness to Abraham by faith in a coming Messiah and we are saved the same way.  Made righteous by faith in the sacrifice of Jesus, our Messiah as payment for ME.  We sinners can receive the ‘gift’ of salvation to PAY for our sin.

Well, that ought to give us something to celebrate at Christmas time, and all year long.  Like I tell people, ‘I love Christmas, because I love Jesus’, and if I belong to Jesus then I can—no I should—celebrate Jesus/Christmas all year long.  I have a credit to my account and I need to share it!!!

How?

Be letting that ‘light’ we talked about shine through me.

By being an ‘ornament’ of grace that spreads His love and kindness to all those in my path—

 At Wal-Mart—

At the bank—

At the grocery store—

At the Mall.

Everywhere and

all the time

being “God so loved the world that HE gave”

to all.