Giv Me Jesus

Let me tell you a story. This is the story of a man. This man is a confident, strong man. He sets out walking down a road on a clear, warm spring day. He is not sure where he is going, but he knows he will know his destination when he gets there. The longer he walks the less certain he is of where he is going, yet he still presses on sure he will eventually get where he wants to go. After a while, he sees a cloud forming up ahead. He can tell it is an ominous cloud, but he is curious so he goes to investigate. The closer he gets, the more he realizes it is a perilous mass, yet still he gets closer, intrigued by it. Soon, he is right upon it, and it quickly envelops him, as if it was waiting for him. Naturally, he thinks it is an odd occurrence, but he is sure that it will disperse quickly as he moves through it. He continues to walk in the way he thinks the road was leading, figuring the cloud would go away after he had walked a little further. However, he was gravely mistaken. ...

“For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” Hebrews 9:24-28 (ESV) Christmas, there is a song that says "it's the most wonderful time of the year." The hustle and bustle of Christmas is the joy of the holiday season. Gift giving and getting is the center of all attention during this month of December...