Friends, it is that time of year. It is a time of great anticipation of opening of gifts under the Christmas tree. This is a special time of year. Christmas time. Friends, more than nineteen hundred years ago there was born a man contrary to the laws of life. This man lived in poverty and was reared in obscurity.
He did not travel extensively. Only once did he cross the boundary of his country in which He lived. He possessed neither wealth nor influence.
His relatives were inconspicuous, not influential and had neither training nor education.
In infancy he startled a king. In childhood He puzzled doctors. In manhood He ruled the course of nature, walking upon the billows as if pavements and hushed the sea to sleep. He healed multitudes without medicine and made no charge for his services. He never wrote a book and yet all the libraries of the country could not contain the books that have been written about Him.
He never wrote a song and yet He furnished the theme for more songs than all the song writers combined. He never founded a college, but all the schools put together cannot boast as having as many students. He never practiced medicine, yet has healed more broken hearts than all the doctors far and wide.
He never marshaled an army, nor drafted a soldier, nor fired a gun, and yet no leader has more volunteers who have, under his orders, made more rebels stack guns and surrender without a shot being fired. Every seventh day multitudes wind their way to worshipping assemblies to pay homage and respect to Him.
The names of the past proud statesmen of Greece and Rome have come and gone but the name of this Man abounds more and more. Though time has spread more that nineteen hundred years between the people of this generation and the scene of his crucifixion, yet, He still lives. Herod could not kill Him, Satan could not seduce Him, death could not destroy Him, and the grave could not hold Him.
He stands forth upon the highest pinnacle of heavenly glory, proclaimed of God, acknowledged by angels, adored by saints and feared by devils, as the living, personal Savior. His name, why, JESUS CHRIST, LORD AND SAVIOR.
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Merry Christmas
