The Birth of Christ

I preached my first sermon as a Pastor this past Sunday and one of the points from the message still haunts my thoughts. Jesus was born in a manger. I can't get over that. The question that overwhelms me is why; why would The King of Glory come to us that way? Would He have been any less of a Savior if He had been born in a castle? Would His blood have been any less affective if He had been wrapped in a robe? I honestly don't think it would have mattered. So again I ask why did He do it?

In a book I am currently reading the author devotes a section to the reality that God is self-centered; obsessed with Himself. Think about it God does everything for His glory including sending the Messiah to save us from our sins. And what glory He gets from using the meak and humble to do the extraordinary!

I am thankful for the way Christ came to this world. He came as a peasant but He had the authority of a King. He was born around the waste of donkeys and camals but He would wash away the filth and stinch of the sinner. Praise God for the birth of Christ!!