CHRISTMAS IS TO MAKE US CHRIST-LIKE

at December 7, 2025

Christmas is all about the Christ child, and the lost world, that is, all of us. The goal, aim and purpose of Christmas is to save us from our sins.
– “21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.” 22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” – Matthew 1:21-23

JESUS means, “YAHWEH will save His people from their sins.” EMMANUEL means, “YAHWEH is with us.” He who has come to seek and save us, is the One who is with always us. He is the One who will REACH OUT to us, REDEEM us by paying the price required, will REVIVE in us, that which was dead, because of our sin and our rebellion, and finally, will RESTORE us back to the IMAGE of GOD, in which we were originally created – we will be transformed into the image of the Son and our Saviour, the LORD Jesus Christ.
– “26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” – Genesis 1:26-27
– “29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.” – Romans 8:29
– “18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” – 2 Corinthians 3:18
– “10…the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,” – Colossians 3:10
– “2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” – 1 John 3:2
– “23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” – Ephesians 4:23-24

Even as our LORD works upon us, and is transforming us into the image and the likeness of His Son, and our Saviour, let us willing yield ourselves to His promoting, and to His leading. May we be like the pliable clay in the hands of our Potter – Jeremiah 18:4. May we always be counted among those who are called by our Master as, the GOOD and the FAITHFUL servant – Matthew 25:21. 

Let us always remember that, CHRISTMAS IS intended TO MAKE US to be CHRIST-LIKE in our thoughts, words and deeds, and not anything else. May we be mindful of this, as we celebrate the birth of Christ Child, this Christmas. Even so, the LORD help us.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Christ did not come to earth simply to be our moral teacher. If that were His only mission, He could have come as He did in former times, as the Angel of the Lord, without our flesh and blood to encumber Him. Instead, He had to become like us so that He could raise us up to be like Him.”

– – Joel R. Beeke