Dubious Beginnings

“But when the right time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent Him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that He could adopt us as His very own children.”

~Galatians 4:4-5

There is a reason for everything—even when it’s not obvious to us. When Christ was born, it wasn’t obvious to the world that the Savior had been born. Only His parents knew He was the Son of God, and later, a few shepherds and some wise men were given the revelation that the prophecies of Israel’s Savior had been fulfilled. Christ’s dubious beginnings had nothing to do with His purpose or who He was, even though there were those who never forgot He was a Nazarene and the son of carpenter (John 1:46; Mark 6:3). There were those who scoffed at the idea Jesus was the Christ, the Savior they had been waiting for, because He didn’t arrive in an obvious manor, and didn’t look like what they thought a Savior should. In a few days, the world will celebrate Christmas but not all will celebrate Christ because He still doesn’t look like the Savior they want. But for those who recognize Him for who He is, those who know the reason for His birth, this is truly a time to celebrate and share His love with others.

“For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life (Titus 3:3-7).”

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