Has christmas a fruit? ... To give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission of sins; to guide their feet into the way of peace! ... This is the result of the shining Dayspring from on High: He took all your sins away, never to return. There is remission of sins.
But there is more: to guide our feet into the way of peace! Peace is the harmony between your heart and the heart of God. When His heartbeat and yours beat in unison, and you know that, then you taste peace. In a figure: when you sing a song with God, and when your voices merge and you sing as one, then you have peace.
The way to that peace is the Christ-child. His name is Prince of Peace. … Christmas tells you that He takes your hands and leads you on the way of peace to the place where your peace will eternally flow like a river! Blessed be the night when Jesus was born! ~ Rev. Vos, Unspeakable Gift, pg 39, 40.
It is the covenant God of Israel who came to visit His people. Jesus is God, who came to do a wonder that transcends my comprehension. Lying there in the manger, He carries the load of the eternal wrath of God. And only God can exhaust the wrath...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
But, ah, we have here an act of the living God. The Holy Ghost overshadowed Mary. And the Holy Ghost takes the place of the human father. Was it not the Holy Ghost who brooded upon the face of the deep when the worlds were created? ...Bow your...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Yes, that is first of all Jesus Christ, who was born in Bethlehem … the Branch is the Savior-King. … This Branch is no third party that came between the outraged God and the guilty sinner. Oh no. But it is the Party of the First...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
