For many people, the Christmas season means nothing more than parties, gifts, decorations, and food. But for Christians, Christmas is a reminder of the hope we have in Jesus Christ. Those who know Jesus and have a personal relationship with him have joy despite life’s struggles and hardships.

Christ is our hope. When we go through the disappointments and difficulties of life we find hope when we focus on our attention on Jesus. Christmas should focus our hope on Christ because it reminds us that Christ was born into the world to save us.

Colossians 3:1 says:
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

Satan wants to distract us during Christmas so that we don’t focus on the true meaning of Christmas, which is Jesus. It’s easy to get caught up in the party and forget who the party is really for. Imagine if you had a birthday party and everybody showed up for the party, but they all ignored you—and forgot that the party was actually in honor of you. What if they decided that the party was actually for them?

That’s what we tend to do when we celebrate Christmas but forget that Jesus is the one that we should be celebrating. (spending time with family and friends is wonderful, but that isn’t the meaning of Christmas) So how do we focus our attention on the real meaning of Christmas?

Hebrews 12:1 says:
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

An encumbrance is something that holds you down or gets in your way. You may be running along and trip on something—that is an encumbrance. A spiritual encumbrance is something that gets in your way of worshiping Jesus. A spiritual encumbrance can be anything that we would rather set our minds on rather than setting our minds on Christ. ( what are you dwelling on the most during Christmas?) Some of the things that we tend to think of are food, presents, relationships, parties are all nice—-but they are not Christmas.

The plain simple truth of Christmas is that Jesus was born into the world to save us.
Luke 2:10-12 says:
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

The key phrase in this verse is “Savior has been born to you”

Luke 19:10 says:
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”

Who are the lost? Everyone who has not been forgiven for their sins is lost. The lost are those who don’t know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Jesus came to us so that he could save us from the penalty of our sin

Romans 6:23 says:
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Our sin brings the penalty of hell—but Jesus was born to save us if we put our hope in him and give him our lives. This year lets focus on minds and hearts on Christ, the true meaning of Christmas.

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