God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are all equal, one essence, one Deity, but they all hold very DIFFERENT personalities.
God, the Father is VERY serious. When you are in HIS presence it is that, take off your shoes you are in the presence of THE LORD (Exodus 3:5). It is incredibly respectful and you bow because you realize His vast power over everything, including your very life.
There’s a seriousness there, a reverential awe. You don’t speak to Him unless He asks you to speak. You’re just speechless in awe of His majesty.
HE…IS…GOD.
Jesus is a lot less serious. Jesus is like your brother. You can play around with Him, make a joke and it’s okay. You can hang out with Him, feel more comfortable with Him. He’s your buddy, your friend, your brother. He’s still God, still holy, still respectable on all counts. He’s still perfect, but the personality is different.
When spending time with both, God the Father and God the Son, Jesus Christ, I prefer to spend time with God the Father. He’s much more direct, to the point, and He’s my favorite. But getting to spend time with God the Father is VERY difficult. Neither can look on sin, so you must be completely holy, CONSTANTLY repenting of your sins (known and unknown) and in a pure heart time in your life. You MUST be pure in the moments you spend with either God or Jesus. It’s necessary.
Most of the time, we spend time with angels, who are doing the work of God on His behalf. They communicate with us (through Scripture) and lead us, guide us, and help us.
It’s more rare to be able to get to spend time with God the Father or Jesus, so when those times come, it’s absolutely a “Mary and Martha thing”. You put everything down and you LISTEN. You’re not working, you’re not doing other things. They are holy, perfect, and you are listening to their every Word, blessed to be in their presence.
But when you ARE in their presence, it’s the most incredible experience you’ll ever know, and the most joyous moments of your entire life!!!
NOTHING, and I say NOTHING, in this world can compare to spending time with the Living God.
Today, for Christmas, we are celebrating JESUS birth. We are celebrating a time for one of the “personalities” of God (I realize that using a term like “personalities of God” is humanizing His existence, but that’s the best way to explain it in human terms so that we can understand).
Jesus is your brother. He came to earth to die on the cross so that you and I may be saved. He also took away the Old Testament sacrificial system of sacrificing an animal (to which, I personally am VERY thankful for!) Can you imagine having to buy or get an animal and kill it to atone for your sins? Not me! I couldn’t do it (I cry at Bambi when the mom dies!), so I am especially thankful to Jesus for becoming the one-time lamb for us, so that we never need to sacrifice animals again. Thank you, Jesus!
Jesus answers to the Lord, so He is 100% submissive to God, the Father, just like we should be also. Jesus is a great PICTURE of us, but also of God. He serves as a great MODEL of how God IS and how we should be. It’s the perfect blend between God and man…Jesus.
He lowered Himself to be like man, left Heaven (an amazing place) for US! Because God (and Jesus) care about us so immensely, He died for us. Christmas, in essence, is His birthday.
Since God was never born, He was always already in existence (Revelation 1:8; Psalm 90:2), there’s not a date we can celebrate, but with Jesus, thankfully, we can! So we can celebrate God (all three in one) on this day, not JUST Jesus.
It’s an amazing time, here on earth, where we are allowed to know more about our Lord. As He walked the earth amongst His people, yet never sinned. What an amazing treat that would be!!!
Some people came all around to see Jesus, some for His miracles and curiosity and some because they loved Him, accepted Him, and wanted to follow Him. Either way, anyone who is in the presence of Jesus, whether in spirit now or back then in person, it’s a REAL treat and we celebrate HIM and all He’s done (and does) for us every day, including the cross.
This is His birthday, a celebration of life, a celebration of Him, a celebration of His deity and His sacrifice to and for us. He is amazing, One to be treasured.
Today, let’s look at these 30 Bible verses for Christmas, as we reflect on all He’s done for us in our life throughout history!
30 Bible Verses for Christmas
1) Luke 2:10-11
“And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”
2) Titus 3:4-7
“But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
3) Colossians 3:15
“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”
4) John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
5) Proverbs 17:22
“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
6) Psalm 65:11
“You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.”
7) Romans 15:13
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
8) Luke 2:12-14
“And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
9) Matthew 1:18-23
“Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).”
10) James 1:17
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”
11) 2 Corinthians 9:15
“Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!”
12) Isaiah 9:6
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
13) John 1:9-10
“The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.”
14) Luke 1:26-33
“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
15) 1 Peter 1:8-9
“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
16) 1 John 4:9
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.”
17) 1 Corinthians 1:3
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
18) John 1:1-7
“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.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.”
19) Luke 1:14-15
“And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great before the Lord.”
20) Revelation 11:15
“Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.”
21) Luke 2:16-20
“And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.”
22) Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
23) Matthew 2:10-11
“When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.”
24) John 1:14
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
25) Galatians 4:4-5
“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.”
26) Luke 1:32-33
“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
27) 1 Timothy 1:15-17
“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”
28) 1 John 5:11
“And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.”
29) Zephaniah 3:17
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.”
30) Luke 19:10
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
