I bring you seasonal greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I bless God for another Christmas to the glory of his Holy Name. Well, all over the world, by the grace of God this is a period when we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and I know that this is a period when people travel all over the world to celebrate Christmas and to us as believers in Christ it is important that we rejoice that a Saviour was born and a Saviour came.
What is important is not the actual date, what is important is not arguing about 25th December, what is important is that the Saviour was born. What is important is not even the historicity of Christmas even if there was an origin that was ungodly or pagan. The celebration of the birth of Christ has now OVERRULED all the historic pagan celebration. Hallelujah!
The Saviour is born, Hallelujah! The Saviour came. Hallelujah! We are beneficiaries of the coming of the Saviour. I just want to draw your attention to Matthew Chapter 1 verse 21. “….And she shall bring forth a son and thou shall call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins”.
This is the core thing we are talking about that the Saviour came to save his people from their sins. And I want to ask you a question, have you been saved? Or are you still living in sin. Have you been saved from the gutter of iniquity or are you still in bondage. If you are celebrating another Christmas and you are not yet saved, it means Christmas becomes a mere entertainment. This is an opportunity and I pray for everybody reading this that this Christmas will not be a condemnation. It will not be another Christmas when you celebrate in sin, but when you acknowledge Christ and, harness the treasures of the birth of the Saviour.
He came pointedly speaking, he came to save people from sin and the great question every person must ask himself, am I really saved or am I still in my sins. Look at how we know people who are saved, 2 Corinthians 5:17 says “….If anybody be in Christ, if any prostitute be in Christ, if any criminal be in Christ, if any robber be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things have passed away, behold all things are become new. In other words, if you have harnessed the coming of the Saviour, it means there would be a new chapter in your life, it means there must be a past tense in your life. If you have no past tense in your life, well, I’m afraid you’ve delved into what I call ‘churchianity’ without Christianity.
I want to invite you as we celebrate to harness the mission of Jesus which is to save men from sin. By the grace of God, this is not a period when people should get into drunkenness, get into prostitution, when people will want to get rich by all means, when people begin to skyrocket all the prices of commodities and make the prices to go through the ceiling.
This is not even a time when you go to make sacrifices to demons and shrines. It’s a pity that people will get into the forest, fell down a tree, a part of the tree they use as firewood, another part of it they use as object of worship.
The good news is this, the Saviour is born, that is the message of hope, to save people from sin. You are no too deep in iniquity that you cannot be saved. This is the message of hope; you are not too lost that you cannot be saved. You are not too terrible that you cannot be saved. The coming of the Saviour brings salvation to every willing heart to as many as would open up.
So I wish you the best this Christmas season.
Best encounter with the Saviour.
Best encounter with He that is older than age.
You will never ever regret it.
Oh! Merry Christmas
I pray for great encounter with the man of Calvary.
You are loved
We are praying for you and we are believing God for great things this season. There are many crusades out there; there are many people who are ministering the word of God. It is not just about carol; it’s not just about carol of nine lessons or some of the things we do this time. It is about …have you had personal encounter with the Saviour. Have you been saved from your sin? If not ……make hay while the sun shines.
This is your period. He came to save his people from their sin. Even right now He is saving people and you can be that candidate and He’s very willing to save you. I love you;
I wish you the best this season. Amen and Amen!
Rev Chidi Okoroafor Ph.D
General Superintendent
Assemblies of God Nigeria
