Who is the Christ of Christmas? - Part 1

John 1:1-10
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.
3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

Who is the Christ of Christmas? We all know the stories of the Angel appearing to Mary, the virgin birth, the Star of Bethlehem. Matthew, Mark and Luke begin their Gospels at the time just around and prior to Christ's birth as the Son of Man. John, however, tells us the whole story about the Messiah.

John's Gospel begins, interestingly enough, just as the Bible begins, "In the beginning"...

John, who to me is the most straight forward writers in the New Testament, tells it like it is. Jesus was with God, in the beginning. He was there before man was ever created!! I don't know about you, but that message is HUGE to me and it tells a much larger picture of who Jesus, my Lord and Savior, really is.

If you ever doubted the sovereignty of our God, then look at this text. Jesus was the Word, and the Word was with God, IN THE BEGINNING. God knew before he ever made us that we would sin and break his heart and need a Savior!! Even knowing that, he still created us...out of his incomprehensible love and his desire to have an intimate relationship with us. He knew, well before any hair was formed on any of our heads, that we would need Jesus to be made man, come to live among us and save us from our sin!

Jesus has always been with God, as has the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the Lamb of God, the Son of God and the Son of Man. God knew this and planned this before we were ever created!! Christ, a member of the Triune Godhead reigns supreme over all creation, and has since the beginning. He wasn't an afterthought of God, He IS God. Today, as you go about your daily routine, think about this message. The message of Christmas that is not the one usually told. Consider the profoundness of knowing that Jesus was with God from the beginning. I hope it brings you as much Joy as it does me.

"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together."
-- Colossians 1:15-17

Prayer:
Lord, I sit in awestruck wonder at your sovereignty. You are truly an awesome God. Help me to wrap my feeble little human brain around the glory of you as Father, Son and Holy Ghost...all one God, since the beginning, who loves us so much you created us even knowing the heart ache we would bring to you. In the knowledge that Jesus existed with you from the beginning, help me to find true appreciation in just who the Christ of Christmas is and celebrate it with more Joy and fervour than ever. In Jesus Name, Amen.