As we continue to look at the circumstances surrounding his birth, I want you to get this right, according to Luke 2:6-7, Jesus was born in a sheep house NOT because Mary and Joseph were poor, but because there was NO ROOM in the Inn. Now, do you think there will just be no room for the KING of kings in the hotel? Certainly not. Usually, Mary and Joseph would arrive at the hotel very early to secure the best room in the hotel for Jesus because they know the caliber of child they were going to have. But why was there no room for Jesus?
There was no room for him because JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD that taketh away the sin of the whole world. And as a lamb, he doesn't belong in the room, but he belong in the sheep house, and this is exactly what God was showing the world even at his birth. Also, if Jesus was born in the royal house as king Herod expected, the common people could not have assess to him. They would even mount on security, and people have to pay gate fee before they could see Jesus. But God in his infinite wisdom stoop down so low that the poorest wretched sinner could have assess to the blood of Jesus. Truly, Jesus the lamb of God is born.
Isaiah 53:7 says, "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth."
And John 1:29 says, "The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." Do you see what Jesus came to do?
Therefore, celebrate this Christmas with great understanding of what Jesus came to do. He was not just born, but he came to take away your sins, Hallelujah. That is why we read in 2 Corinthians 5:17, "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new. Yes, as soon as you have Jesus in you, sin and the devil has no power over you. for 1 John 5:18 says, "We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not... and that wicked one toucheth him not."
Praise God who love us and gave us his only begotten son Jesus Christ.
Jesus loves you and I do too.
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