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“ …I have come that they might have life, and have it to the full.”
John 10:10

A great Christmas word is “Incarnation.” (The word literally means “In flesh.”) We’re told in the Bible that on that first Christmas Eve God became flesh and lived among us for thirty-three years. We’re also told that everything we’re capable of understanding about God was revealed in the life and teachings of the Man who was God in human flesh. This includes everything He said, everything He was, and everything He did.

If you want to capture the true meaning of Christmas read the gospel of Matthew – especially chapters five through seven. As you do, every time you see Jesus declare a value, make that value part of your own value system. You will see what a revolutionary Jesus truly was because using the values of Christ for your own values clarification will revolutionize your values and your life.

Jesus said He came that we might have life. One way He gives us that life is by giving us the right values. If your values have been in what you’ve lost this year it may be you’re ready for a new value system. Check out the values of Christ and you’ll find that the greatest statement about values this world has ever heard and seen was when God became flesh and lived among us.

John 8: 31-36 … “if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

A great Christmas verse is where we’re told they were to call His name Jesus because “He would save His people from their sins.” Many of us seem to apply that verse this way; “He would forgive His people for their sins.” A great Christmas word is Salvation. This word literally means “deliverance.” Jesus came to set us free from our sins. That’s why He could never pass up a person who was not free without setting them free.

An anonymous poet wrote “A famished bear, whose foot was clenched within a murderous trap wrenched about in fright and pain, around the tree that held the chain emitting many a hideous howl. His state was noticed by an owl that perched above him fat and free, philosophized from out of the tree, ‘To what avail this fuss and noise? The thing you need good bear is poise!’”

The poet was making a statement. There are two kinds of people in this world – those who are free and those who are not free. He’s also telling us that those who are free frequently look down with detached apathy on those who are not free. Our great Christmas verse announced that Jesus was no fat owl.