Dr. W's Reflections...
THE CHRISTMAS STORY
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17).
“What the world needs now is love sweet love.” But what the world needs now is not just some “live your own truth”–nutty as a fruitcake–idea of “love” that only serves the perceived needs, selfish wants, and imagined feelings of an individual. Instead, what the world needs now... and what you and I need now more than ever is to revisit the Manger in order to experience the gift of selfless, sacrificial “love” that God has incarnated for us in the Christmas Story.
So now–because of Bethlehem, the everlasting Light of God’s love was not only made visible, but has now been made accessible to all who will hear and believe the Christmas Story: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Jesus is the “Way” and the “Truth” and the “Life” and no one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6).