“Brothers and sisters in Christ, The prophet
Isaiah, of old, once said, thousands of years before the birth of Lord Christ:
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the
feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: of him that
sheweth forth good, that preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion: Thy God shall
reign! (1)”
On
this night, I say to you as we have heard in the Scriptures:
“For
a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his
shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty,
the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace (2).”
What
are we to make of all this? Surely our minds and hearts are dizzied by the
news: Our Savior has come! He is given to us. Given! And he shall reign
forever! When we see the sadness and brokenness of the world, it becomes
obvious that mankind longs for a Savior. We long to be rescued and delivered
from evil, the wickedness of others and most importantly, our own wickedness.
Don’t deny it, dear children, for soon as we think ourselves perfect, we have
fallen.
But
do not despair in the pit of sorrow, do not yield to your sin and say “It is
hopeless” -good news has been announced to us! We have a Savior and moreso, not
a Savior who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was made like
us in all things- but sin. This is wonderful! Do we realize that death and sin
have been answered, have been challenged by the cry of a tender babe in
Bethlehem?
His
cries echo our cries and He will deliver us! I say to you: Open your hearts for
Thy God, the Prince of Peace, shall reign!”
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