JESUS! :)
I am sure you can imagine how hard it was finding a topic for 'J', especially at this time of year!
The whole Bible, even the Old Testament, is about this God-man. 100% God, 100% Man. One of the three members of the Holy Trinity of God, Spirit and Himself.
John tells us that Jesus was there at the very start:-
John 1:1-5
The Word Became Flesh. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (If you are wondering if Jesus is who John was talking about when referring to the 'Word' then read verses 14-18 of the same chapter!)
Jesus describes Himself as God or fails to correct those who told Him He was on many occassions (John 8:58 springs to mind).
Jesus was on a mission from the very second He entered earth on the original Christmas Day, He came to save us. Luke sums this up perfectly - For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. (Luke 19:10)
Throughout the Old Testament God was faithful to a people who fell very far short of that faithfulness of themselves and at points could only be described as wicked, evil and conceited.
God, being just but loving, had only two choices. Destroy or Repair.
Today let's be thankful that Jesus came to repair and wipe us clean of all sin, taking the hit for us and enabling us to know God and be with Him when our time on earth has passed.
John puts it famously - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
Max Lucado wonderfully summaries this with:-
GOD LOVED
GOD GAVE
WE BELIEVE
WE LIVE
Merry Christmas everyone :) x
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