Christmas Celebration
Joint
Us for Christmas Celebration and be transform by celebrating the real
truth not as the world celebrate ....God Greatest gifts to
mankind....Lord Jesus was born...
Therefore the Lord himself will give
you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and
will call him Immanuel.
The angel answered, "The Holy
Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ
came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before
they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy
Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not
want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her
quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be
afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from
the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give
him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their
sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said
through the prophet: "The virgin will be with child and will
give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means,
"God with us." When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel
of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
An angel of the Lord appeared to
them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were
terrified. 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." Suddenly a great
company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
For to us a child is born, to us a
son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be
called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no
end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and
upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The
zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.
In those days Caesar Augustus issued
a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman
world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius
was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to
register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee
to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and
line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged
to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were
there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to
her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger,
because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were
shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at
night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the
Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 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." Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared
with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the
highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor
rests." When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the
shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing
that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." So they
hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the
manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what
had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were
amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all
these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which
were just as they had been told.
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in
Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to
Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king
of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." When
King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with
him. When he had called together all the people's chief priests and
teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be
born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for
this is what the prophet has written: " 'But you, Bethlehem, in
the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of
you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'
" Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them
the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and
said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find
him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him." After
they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in
the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child
was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On
coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed
down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with
gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. And having been warned in
a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another
route.
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one
who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient
times
