Unto Us | Elder Terence Atkinson

You're listening to a message to go from at church. We hope this message

will light up your tea this morning. We're gonna talk about the gift,

all right. And the message is aptly entitled unto us. So the passage

is taken from Isaiah, chapter nine, verse six, and goes like this,

For unto us, a child is born, and to us a son

is given, And the government shall be a pony shoulder. And his name

shall be called Wonderful counselor Mighty God, the evil lasting Father, and the

Prince of peace is he? Okay? How many have you heard that song?

Did you know it came from scripture? I don't think you've heard this

song because it's forty years old, you know. So you've got to be,

you know, as old as me to be able to but this,

you know, the wonderful thing about singing scriptures, you'll remember it, you

know. So I remember this scripture from that song, for unto us,

for unto us, And I want to talk to you about this gift that

the Lord is giving to give you some under standing. Okay, how many

of you on iPhones? Let me see it's your hands. The rest of

you androids are already. Okay, then today I'll talk about androids again,

because most of the time when I share, I've shared this message about three

or four other places, always iPhones. So thank god, some people enjoy

the androids like I do. So today I'm speaking your language Android. Okay,

here we go. When we are about to advertise a new phone,

usually they come out with a chaser. It's like a teaser. It's like

a coming attraction kragna, you know what I mean, just you know,

flashing on the screen and then you don't even know the name, and they

keep you guessing, Hey, what is that? What is that? Well?

You know, God had a sense of humor, I believe love because

he gave us some teasers about the birth of Jesus Christ. You know,

in Genesis, what does he say. He says, I'm going to send

you someone and the serpent will bruise his here, but he'll crush the serpent's

head. Right, that's the first teaser, the first teaser about what was

going to happen, how Jesus was going to come. And then you know,

as time gets closer, then they begin to talk about three D screen

on your Android phone. I don't believe it. Will ever happen in Apple,

because if it happens in an Apple, it will cost you probably about

fifteen thousand dollars because you know, but you know, androids, I think

they're a little bit more reasonable in price. So remember today I'm talking good

about androids. So the second teaser, this was one of there were many

teasers in the Bible, but I believe this is close to a second teaser.

For unto us, a child is born. Now when you buy your

phone, you know how many of you know that the most obvious thing you

use a phone is for making phone calls and receiving phone calls, Cragnaut.

But nobody uses it for that anymore, Cragan. But let me tell you.

On the side of the box, there's always these little details. Three

hundred and fifty Wi Fi, Bluetooth seven point zero emolet scream able to put

your hand, you smell the advertisment, all this on the side of the

box, Cragnaut. That one is for the future. Okay, But let

me just tell you about this teaser that was coming on the side of the

gift, and I hope that it will bless you because let me tell you

that the gift of Jesus Christ came with an operation manual. You know what

that operation manual is called. It's called the Bible. Do you know that

Jesus is a gift that didn't come without an operation manual. You have an

operation manual. This gift has got so many features. I'm gonna share with

you some of them. Now, okay, for unto us a child is

born. It's a gift with an operation manual. Let's go to the first

one. The government shall be upon his should the government. You know what

this what government needs? It means rule and dominion shall be his burden.

Hey, we like doing things all on our own and sharing that that stress?

Why because Jesus said, give me your yoke and take mine upon you,

because mine is like And Scripture is saying that this government the rule.

The things that you need to plan for, the things that you need to

do are on whose shoulders, his shoulders. You've got the planner of the

universe in your corner. You know that God planned the universe so well that

the Earth has been around for billions of years and we have not been wiped

away by commets hitting it. You know, isn't it wonderful that the planner,

who is so precise in everything that he does, is in our corner.

The government shall be upon his shoulders. So when you don't know what

to do, well praise the Lord. The government is on his shoulder,

the ruling is on his shoulder, the planning is on his shoulders. And

he says, you know what my burden is like. It's so good that

God doesn't take advantage of us. You know, we don't have to flog

ourselves on the back had for him to forgive us. We just get downe

and nas and say Jesus, please forgive us, and it's done. We

don't have to whip ourselves, you know, we don't have to do all

sorts of ghastly things to our bodies to be forgiven. All we have to

do is with a heart that believes, say Jesus, please forgive me,

and he forgives you. Isn't that wonderful? His burden is light? Then

Scripture says, his name, his name, Hey, how many of you

know that it's important to have a name. Well, his name is Jesus,

which means yesure or savior. But his name, the Bible says,

let me explain to you what this word means. It means his fame.

Do you know that you don't believe in anyone that's not famous. Do you

know that you believe in Jesus and his fame spreads far? And why you

can go to any country in the world and say I'm a Christian and there

will be someone that will take you into their home because you have brothers and

sisters whom you've never met. He's fame. In fact, he was so

famous. There was the shot guy Zakias, who heard that he was coming.

What did he do? He ran up and he climbed the sycamore tree,

and this famous person Jesus looked at him and say, hey, I'm

coming to your house. If you can climb up a tree, I can

come to your house. If you can call on my name, I'll be

there. It wasn't Michael Jackson that's saying that, it was Jesus. I'll

be there. Wow, his famed. You know that he is renowned.

Do you know that when you walk in a shopping mall and you hear a

Christmas carol playing, you'll hear some people who will mention his name, not

in such a nice way, but because renown means he is so well known

that he will spark good thoughts and not so good thoughts. You know where

they're not so good thoughts come from. He is one of repute, in

other words, that he is not an ordinary Joe, and you cannot find

anything wrong with him. Do you know that for two thousand years people have

been trying to find things wrong with Jesus Christ because they can find one sin

in him. You and I believe in vain. We are dead in our

sins. But because he was sinless and he died for our sins, we

who believe in him have eternal life. So for two thousand years people have

been trying to find fault with this name. You see, when God gives

a gift that he doesn't give you cheap ones again, he gave you the

best. No one can find faul repute. And you know what a name

means. A name means also a nameleer a name. He has a name

for himself. You know the power of good name. You know, once

a good name is salid, it's gone. But like I said, God

gave us the best. Jesus is his name, and his name, Bible

says, shall be called wonderful. Hey, wonder what a wonderful name.

You know what this wonderful name means. It means he is extraordinary. You

don't believe in anybody that's ordinary. You believe in someone that extraordinary. He

left. The Bible says he left his throne in heaven to come down as

a baby here on earth to do what to save us from our sins and

to reconcile us back to God. You know, the Bible says that he's

hard to be understood. How many we can understand that? I mean,

would you leave your posh, wonderful house to go and live in a stable?

Would you? Why? Would you? But Jesus did. I wrote

a song a long time ago. It's called Jesus Born in a parking lot?

Did you know that he? What is a stable man? Is where

they keep the donkeys right, and they come to feed the donkeys hay and

give water and clean the donkeys. That's what a stable was. And what

was the mode of operation in those days? Donkey man? Yeah? So

where was Jesus born in the parking lot of those days? You know?

When I wrote this song and I thought to myself, this is bad.

No, actually it's not bad. It's the truth. See You've got to

understand that he left his throne above. He's hard to be understood. But

God's dealing with his people is a marvel, and that's what's wonderful about his

name. Wonder It also means of the acts of judgment and redemption. Do

you know that redemption is the other coin of judgment? You know this,

this coin in our life we should be well aware of. On one side

is redemption and the other side is judgment. Who makes that decision? Yes,

we make that decision, because the Bible says that Jesus Christ was given

to or everyone received Jesus Christ as a gift from God. The Bible says

that we were all predestined to know the Lord and too love the Lord.

But what makes the difference? Some of us accept him and others don't.

Who made the decision? Did God make the decision? Ah, it's like

this, God makes the decision that whosoever enters this room will be blessed with

a cookie. Okay, so everyone who walks into this room gets a cookie,

but some want to stay outside and they don't get the cookie. Who

made the decision? Did God make the decision? Or they make the decision?

Judgment and redemption. Let me tell you about this other thing on the

box. It's called counselor. You know, you and I we have so

much a difficulty in life because we don't know what to do? God,

what shall we do? We always think of a counselor as someone when we

got a problemer tell all the problems to my Lord. I had such a

hard day today. Nobody loves me. I'm all alone. What is that?

What? Yes, that's what it means. But there's much more than

that. Okay. The Bible says that this word means he is an advisor.

He is an advisor. Hey, guys, when you go to the

Buffey line, do any of you ever stop to ask God? What food

should I eat? And what food I should not? How many of you

do that? None of you are? I do? I Do you know

why he's my advisor? Because only he knows how the food was prepared.

I don't know. So this has happened so many times in elder mable will

attest. I go to a Buffay line and I pass some things look so

good I won't touch it, and then the others will come in. You

got to eat? This is so fantastic eat, I refuse. Next day,

I'm well, they're all sick. You know why? Because God knows.

I ask him for advice. Do you know when I get caught in

a traffic I asked God, God, which line should I follow? So

I did this to test this out. Okay, three times I tested this

one day after the other. First day, I said God, line should

I follow? And I heard the Lord say, follow the red car.

So I went behind the red car and and he went, wow, that's

amazing. Right. So the next day I said God, which car should

I follow? So God said, follow the white car. Then I said,

okay, Lord, I heard you say the white car. But I'm

going to test this out. That silver car is way in front. I'm

going to go. I followed the silver car. Next thing I know,

the white car has passed me by, and I'm still stuck in the line

behind the silver car. So one would get upset. No, I was

quite happier. That's quite happy. The third day, I asked the Lord,

Lord, which line should I follow? So I can't remember which color

it was. I followed the line. Then after that I heard the Lord

say stop, and then other cars started to go in front. So then

it was like, not all the time. You have to be the first.

Sometimes let others other cars through. So you know he's an advisor.

You know he gives counsel. Counsel is sometimes more than advice, It is

life changing comments like let the car go, Ah, be very careful.

What you asked the Lord? I remember this, and I've shared again.

I'll shared once more, and I passed by. I'm very happy with my

prayers. Lord help that person. Lord help this person. So one day

the car was broken down, and as I passed by, I said,

Lord, please help this person. So I passed and then the Lord said,

okay, now you're going help him. God, I've already passed him.

You know, I have to take one big round. You have a

choice. So what did I do? Counsel of the Lord, go and

help him. So I want to help him. Took one big round.

I was so upset. Took one big round, came. I didn't even

talk to the guy. You know, I was so upset. I said,

open your boot, your bonnet. I took out the jumper cables,

fixed it, start the car. Car started. I didn't say a word

to him, took out my jumper gable, putting and went back. Be

very careful what you asked the Lord again, He will answer you counselor he'll

give you advice. He gives us counsel. I have done things that I've

told you about. I told you about the TV that I fixed. I

told you about all the construction ideas that He has given me so much.

So the contractors can ask me, are you an engineer? I said no,

God gives me ideas. So one of the ideas are one of the

schools that I help. They are now building a footsalt They will be very

soon building a footsal court on the roof. I must one day tell you

how I clear that russo they can build a foot salt court. God can

give us advice. He can give us counsel planned and purposed and purposing counsel.

That's what this word means. Now, okay, let's see next one.

Because my thing is not moving for some reason. Okay, He's mighty,

God is Jesus is mighty. Do you know what this means. He

means he's a champion. How many of you have champions? They are the

ones who fight on your behalf. You know you face a big guy.

You're gonna go there and fight him yourself. How nice you had a champion,

champion. You go on my behalf. And when your champion goes and

he's much bigger than the big guy, that big guy will pull away.

That's what this means. He is a champion. He is your champion.

He's a hero. Did you know that mighty means he is a hero?

Hey, Superman has nothing on him. Okay, I like this one cartoon.

One cartoon where you see Superman, Batman, you see too. You

see all of them sitting around Jesus and Jesus telling him the story of how

he saved the whole world. He's a hero. He's a mighty man.

He's a mighty one. Hey, you got somebody who's not a wimp.

You know, Jesus is not a wimp. A lot of people took him

for a wimp because he let them pull out his beard. He let them

beat them up. There's a song by Carmen, all right, it's called

the Champion. Have you heard that song? And in that song it takes

the line of a boxer. The Bible says forty nights, forty days and

nights therefore, but Satan couldn't touch him. Now the final blow save for

the final round. Prophetically, Christ lowered his arms and Satan struck in fury.

The blow of death fell Jesus to the ground, the demon's roar in

victory. The Saints shocked and perplexed as wounds appeared upon his hands and feet.

Then Satan kicked him in his side, and blood and water flowed.

As they waited for the ten count of defeat. God the Father turned his

head his tears, announcing Christ was dead. Now the final count say,

And then God started to count by saying ten. People say, oh,

you're counting wrong. Eight seven, six, five, four, three two,

one. Yeah, he is one. You know that song if you

haven't heard it, going ahead, It's wonderful your savior and mind. He

is strong, he is valiant, and make no mistake, Jesus is God.

Isaiah said it. He is God. And this word God means he

God of nations, is the god, big god of small god. Small

gods are the fake ones. Okay, because every other God other than Jesus

is fake. He is the supreme God. He is the one and only

true God of Israel. The Bible says he is also a gracious God.

When we do wrong, He doesn't come straight away to kill us. What

does he do? He waits patiently for us to say I'm sorry. Then

he comes and he picks us up. Do you know that? In scripture

the prodigal Son the parable the parables. The parable speaks of a type of

a relationship that God, the father has with his children. The son wanted

to do his own thing, go his own way, rejected the counsel of

his father, rejected the presence of his father, and said, just give

me my money, and off I go. And he went. And later

on when he came back towards the father, the Bible says, the father

was always looking out in his direction. And when the father saw him come,

what did the father do? And God Ram the father ran to him.

What did the father do? Put sandals upon his feet, put a

cloak around him, gave him a ring. That is the kind of gracious

God that he is. The Bible says that he is the only true God,

needing no article or predicate to define him, meaning that the best words

you can use for God is not enough, because there hasn't been a word

invented that describes who God is, the way God is. That's what this

means he is also an everlasting father. You know, he does not have

limitations. He doesn't run out. You know, I'm a father, but

one day I will run out. I will expire, and my children will

then not have me as the father, because I would have gone to be

with the Lord. But the fact of the matter is that he is an

everlasting father. He will not run out on you as long as he is,

as long as you are alive. He is your father, continually,

eternal, forever, forever, more perpetual, as long as you shall live,

he is your father. You know what's so wonderful about having God as

your father? Hey Dad, I'm a little bit short this month. Can

you help me? Have you ever thought of that? Your children come to

you and say, hey Dad, i'm a little bit short this month.

I don't mean in heightler. Usually when they say i'm a little bit short

this month means can you give me some money? Honey? You know,

yeah, sure, I think something. That's the kind of God you are.

If you are ask He's there for you because he is your father,

and he loves you. Man, he loves you. I like this one.

He is the Prince of peace. He's the Prince of peace. Let

me tell you what this means. He's a captain. He's a chief.

He's a commander. Hey, you don't have anybody ordinary? Okay, you

got the chief and commander by your side. He's a governor, he's a

leader. He is a prince. He is a ruler. Never forget that

Jesus is a savior. But he is also a ruler, a prince.

He's a chief. What the chiefs do? They protect? They protect?

What is he a prince? He is called the prince of peace. Prince

of peace. This word peace means is he's the prince of ease. Wow?

What does that mean? It's easy to follow Jesus because he loves you

and you love him. What's so difficult about not doing wrong? Just don't

do it? Easy, man, it's quite easy. But I like this

one. It also means health. Prince of peace also means health. He

is a prince of health. You got health issues? The Bible says,

unto you was given a prince of health. That's what he means. It

also means peace, perfect peace. Hey, calm down, man, keep

him in perfect peace. Whose mind is stayed on the It also means prosperity.

What you mean to say prosperity is in God's plan for us. Well,

that's what the Bible says, is not what I say. You see,

English is a very limited language. How many ways you got? You

say grandfather in Chinese? Two ways in it, one for the father's side,

one on the mother's side. The moment you use that word, they

know which side you're talking about. Uncles and auntie is also the same thing,

even in Tamil is the same thing. You got one for the auntie,

one for the auntie's anti, one for the uncle's auntie, or you

say that they know. But English you only have one word grandfather, You

only have uncle and auntie. True, not very limited language. So understand

when the word peace is used in English, it means all these things.

It also means safety, you know when you some of us do difficult and

dangerous jobs. You're a policeman, you're a firefighter. Prince of peace,

he's also the prince of safety, secureness, welfare, your wellbeing. Hey,

don't ever allow the devil to trick you by this word burnout. Please,

I've said this again and I'll say it again. There is no such

thing as burnout. I'm sorry the world can think about it. The world

can say it, but it's a lie of the enemy. You know why,

because the Bible says they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.

They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not

be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Do you know that when

you trust in the Lord and you wait on him, the worst capacity that

you are is you're walking. The first thing that the Scripture says when you

wait upon the Lord is you fly? You fly? How to burn out?

When you wait upon the Lord and you fly? You see, we

bin into the garbage. We buy into the wrong way of thinking. And

that's why we get caught up in a lot of miss When I say the

Bible is the manual, you had better believe it. Go to the manual

and find out what the manual has to say about how this gift can help

you. Hey, you know what talking about the manual? One persona,

if I buy a car, I read the manual from cover to cover.

How many of you will read the part which says put in the seatbell.

You've owned a car for twenty years. When you buy a new car,

do you read the manual? How to put in the seat belt. Do

you know I do? Do you know why the car is not cheap?

Man, you got to give some respect to the people who made the car,

who took the trouble to come out with a manual. Read it at

least one time. Read it. My manual still looks good, very good,

looks almost brand new. But it has been read once. Bible is

the manual. So take the trouble to read it, take the trouble to

understand it. It is your way of life. It is the way that

will help you to live. You're sick. Go to the Prince of peace.

You made a mistake. You want to run back. Lord, I'm

not worthy to even call your father. I'm just worthy, you know,

willing to be even a servant in your house. What does the Lord do?

He picks you up, He puts sandals on your feet, He gives

you a ring, He puts a clock on your body. Hey, you

want to know more. That's the way it is. The manual tells you

how to use this gift that God has given you. It wasn't a gift

just to save Do you know your telephone is not used just to make phone

calls? Your android phone that you use. You can WhatsApp, you can

use jepy ass, you can do a whole lot of other things. You

know, those days are iPhone never allow you to use flesh fresh fresh something

on the other so your videos cannot play unless you go through Apple. You

know, Apple App. Which is why I stopped using the iPhone because they

tried to control your life. But now doesn't matter. Android does the same

thing. You got a phone. It's trying to control your life. True,

not, that's the way it is. I got nothing against I'm not

advertising for Android now advertising for Apple because I said a lot of good things

about Apple in my last message, because most of them were Apple users.

Okay, we're not talking about iPhones. We're talking about this great gift.

Okay, let me tell you something about Christmas planning, preparation, party,

in participation. I'll do this pretty quickly now. It talks that in Luke

chapter twenty six and the sixth mon the angel Gabriel was sent by God to

city Galilee, and he appeared to a virgin named Mary. And you know,

the angel said to her, rejoiced favorite one, the Lord is with

you, and behold you shall conceive a child and his name shall be called

Jesus. He will be great, and he will be called some of the

highest, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

and he will reign over the House of Jacob and his kingdom. There

will be no end. Why celebrate Christmas? I'm going to give you a

few reasons. Number one, do you know that God took several thousand years

to find the perfect rapping for Jesus? Did you know that? Do you

know that he didn't just find anybody? It took him about from the time

the promise is given to the time Jesus is born. If I'm not mistaken,

maybe about six thousand years to find the perfect rapping. That rapping worse.

Mary. Hey, guys, when you give your girlfriend gifts, are

you rapping the newspaper nowadays? Yes? Sir? Okay, how many of

you wrap your gifts in newspapers? Can I see a show? Hands?

Praise the Lord? Your brainy. When you give a gift, you give

Okay, you're giving a gift to your wife. You get somebody to rap

it because you allows it? Rapping? Crack? No, are you rap

very well? Is it okay? Rap? God reburn not put in a

nice bag. You know, ladies love bags. You put in a plastic

bag from Gyanna and give here's your gift. She'll take the gift and throw

it at you. Okay, you know telling this story before. You know

when I when Elder Mabel receives a giver, I ready got no patience.

Take out the ribbern slowly. Then after that she flattened the ribbon, roll

it up, keep it aside. I'm thinking to myself, get to the

gift man. Then take out the corner by corner, take out the wrapping

so nicely. Then after that, remove the whole rapper. The gift is

there right in the box. Won't even look at the gift. Take the

rapper, flattening nicely, fall keep aside, and put the ribbon on the

wrapper. Now you want to get to the box right, take it the

sellow tape, scratch it off carefully. You got four sides of rep of

for me. I and in one move the wrapping paper, the box,

everything all come apart. Take out the gift, take out open the box.

Now the gift is in the paper. You know all that one by

one staiten home. I'm just exagerating, but it takes us so long to

get to the gift. Find me. She gets to the gift, and

then you hope, whether it is nice or not, loved you. I

have this on over you. But Jesus came in a wrapper called Mary and

took God six thousand years to get it done right. You know that's how

much God loves you. God loved you so much that he took the trouble

to give you the best in the best. The package was fine, but

you know the delivery was hard. But this is where we just love that

Heaven rules. Heaven rules means that no matter what trouble Joseph and Mary went

through before the birth of Jesus Christ, what God had said would come to

pass came to pass because He has declared it and Heaven rules. So this

year we were talking about heaven rules. What does heaven rules mean and what

God has planned to come to pass? None of us can change. God

has done it, and God brought his plan to pass despite the tough circumstances.

You can read it in Luke. You know the world had no room

for Jesus. There was no room in Hilton and Shangri La. There was

only a room in a manger, and you want to know something. God

will always make a way for us, just as he did when he gifted

us Jesus, because how many of us have small places in the heart,

but just a small place. Do you know if you give that place to

Jesus, he will still receive it. Give that place in your heart.

Isn't it wonderful? The world had no place, but even the simplest of

places, God will come. Jesus will come in. You don't have to

be somebody special. You are a horrible person. I'm a horrible person.

It makes no difference when we say Jesus come in. He comes in to

make a room in our manger, simple place. Do you know that Jesus

identifies as a shepherd? Guess who he appeared, or rather, guess who

God announced his birth to shepherds. Isn't it any wonder why God did that?

Because it was like a kind of a type. Shepherds look after sheep

in the day of night, sometimes to protect them, and Jesus identified as

a shepherd. It is the heart that looks after those that cannot look after

themselves. Sheep are defenseless creatures. You know that they got bad eyesight and

most of us cannot see very well. Why do you think he identifies as

a sheep because we need to listen to the voice of the shepherd in order

to know what to do. Isn't it any wonder why Jesus identified as a

shepherd, because he is the one who us. Why celebrate Christmas? I

love this reason because God did? Because God, did you know that there

was a huge fanfare in heaven where the Bible says a multitude of the hosts

were celebrating in the heaven, declaring glory to God in the highest and peace

to his people on earth. Can we do no less? You know?

I gotta say that some people have a problem with celebrating Christmas because they say,

hey, you know it's not in the Bible. Well, it is

the first Jesus was not born in the twenty fifth of December. Hey,

we all know this is the commemorative birthday of our Lord Jesus Christ. The

scripture says, if we esteem one day as greatly over some other day,

and you do so in fate, guess what the Lord receives it. He

receives it as an act of worship. If you're not going to celebrate Christmas,

and you're doing it as an act of worship unto the Lord. He

accepts that too. But I want you to know that as for me and

my wife, we understand Christmas differently. There was a great fanfare in the

heavens. We'll come to my house. We have this year, we have

two trees. Some years we have tree trees. Oh no, we have

tree trees because one is in the garden. I built an eight foot tree

that lights up in the night so that the whole neighborhood knows I'm celebrating Christmas.

There are lights everywhere, and now we're kind of lazy to do electrical

you know, So now we buy the solar lights and we plan never to

take it down, just leave it up there. You know why, because

everyone in the world knows the December twenty fifth is the commemorative birthday of Jesus

Christ, and they are those in this land who would prefer that you keep

quiet about it and forget about it, and one day Christmas will be pushed

behind closed doors, not on my watch. So we started, and then

my neighbors also have. They've really decorated the house and there's a momentum going

the neighborhood must know that we as Christians take the celebration of the birth of

Jesus seriously because it's a message. Do you know that there's an anointing for

people to get saved on Christmas Day? And more people come to the Lord

on Christmas Day than probably any other time of the year. I'm gonna say

this again, this is a strange thing to say, but do you know

there was fanfare when Jesus was born? But do you realize that when the

Lord resurrected there was only two angels? Did you know that? Go and

read your scripture. There was only two angels when the Lord resurrected. And

we say, oh, we shouldn't celebrate Christmas, we should only celebrate Easter.

Some of us think that that's okay. If that's faith, that's your

faith, go ahead. But I want you to know there's a reason for

that, and I believe it's this. This is my personal belief. The

resurrection of Jesus Christ is something personal to us. It's not for all,

it's for you. You have to receive Jesus personally into your heart in order

for the Resurrection Day to mean something to you. It's very personal. And

those two angels appeared to only two or three who ran to see where Jesus

was. But when Jesus was born, God made a big hue and cry

about it because it was a gift for all. So for me, this

is what I do, and this is why I will continue to do it,

because we need to celebrate. Hey, we celebrate our birthdays, don't

we is our birthday in the Bible, Then why do we celebrate it?

Because it's a big deal. Man, one more year God has added to

your life. That's why we celebrated. So I hope we learn that Christmas

is a wonderful time of year. It's a time to bless the Lord.

It's a celebration for all. It's a gift for everyone. You know,

the Bible says in Proverbs seventeen twenty two, a merry heart, do it

good like a medicine. A merry heart, A merry heart, do it

good like a medicine. Mary is not a bad word. People say,

who you cann't wish merry Christmas? Must be blessed Christmas or joyous Christmas.

I love those words all great, But there's nothing wrong in wishing merry Christmas

either, because mary. Isn't the word mary means joyful, A merry heart.

They didn't say a joyful heart. You know, it's said a merry

heart. Do it good like a medicine. In necklaces ninety seven it says,

go eat your bread, joy and drink your wine with a merry heart.

For God has already accepted your works. So guys, this Christmas,

let your celebration be an act of faith to Jesus that you love him,

that you're grateful to having that You're so thankful that God has given him as

a gift to us. He's a special gift. He's a gift that comes

with a manual. There are so many things on the side of the box.

Do we realize it's not just salvation, it's salvation and much more.

And let this Christmas be a wonderful Christmas for all of us. And with

that, I wish you all a merry Christmas. We hope you've been blessed

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