God’s Promise is as Good as His Word
God Loves Us, He’s Given His Word That It’s True
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
John 1:1–5,9,12 Read More
God made some promises when He put Adam and Eve out of the garden. He promised Satan that the offspring of Eve would crush his skull. For generations after that, God promised His people that He would save them from all evil. His promise would become more explicit through the prophets, as He would promise to come and be with them Himself. He would be Emmanual – which means God with us. He would renew their hearts and take their hearts of stone and make them hearts of flesh. God would take hardened rebels and make them into loving family members.
When someone makes a commitment, they are expected to stick to it. That’s the power of a commitment, that it (and the person making it) is dependable. Many times, in many ways, people mess up and fail at their commitments. Throughout Israel’s history, it was easy for her to forget that God had made such promises. Famine, idolatry, conquering Assyrians and dispersion all led to the scene looking pretty hopeless for Israel to stay intact as God’s people, much less for Him to come and be with them.
At the perfect point in time, God gave the best evidence of His promise. He gave His Word. The Logos which is the Greek word that John uses, means ‘the words spoken by God.’ In the beginning was the Logos, God’s Word. That same Word was the Word by which everything in creation was made.
When God gave His word, He gave His full self. That fullness of Himself wasn’t just the baby Jesus in the manger, it was the entire life of Christ. The Word that was in the beginning, that created all things, was Christ and His full life. Not only would He show up in His creation, but He would become a part of it, serve, and die as a direct result of the fallen creation.
God’s promise of salvation is as sure as God Himself. God’ promise of salvation was He Himself.
When we celebrate Christmas, we aren’t just celebrating a baby that was born. We are celebrating the entire life and death that the baby born in Bethlehem would live. The hope of the nations is this holiday we celebrate each year.
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