What I want for Christmas... I want to know that God is with Me

It’s good being loved, and connecting with those that love us.  Most of us want and need this; without those connections, we feel alone and isolated, even incomplete.  That need for connection also extends to our relationship with God.  Humans need to feel like God loves them and is with them – that’s the purpose of almost all religious practices and beliefs!

In our passage we can see the ways in which God met this need for a connection with Him through the birth of His Son, Jesus:  Matthew 1:18-25

 

This group of Christmas sermons is based on a series of statements, “What I want for Christmas.”  If one of the things you wanted for Christmas was to know God is with you, here are a couple of ways Jesus’ birth can bring us what we want:

 

• The birth of Jesus is the story of God’s coming down to us
• The birth of Jesus is an offer of His presence in our lives

 

Jesus promised his followers, “I am with you always, even unto the ends of the earth.”  He was talking about the Holy Spirit within them!  The apostle Paul explained it like this:  “Since Christ lives within you, even though your body will die because of sin, your spirit is alive because you have been made right with God.  The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you.  And just as he raised Christ from the dead, he will give life to your mortal body by this same Spirit living with you.”

(Romans 8:10-11)

 

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