CHRISTMAS
Christmas
Article by J.H. Yoneyama
Christmas is the celebration of coming of Jesus Christ, His coming is a fulfillment of prophecy, The fulfillment of God’s great promise to grant us The Seed of The Woman who would crush the head of the serpent . Jesus of Nazareth came in to our universe from outside the universe to do what nature could never do
Jesus was incarnated by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary
He is Immanuel “God with us” Christ the Lord, Son of the most High, The Holy One God who came as a perfect Human to be a mediator and our Salvation
The Bible teaches us and the Creed affim it. The Apostle’s Creed, which comes to us from the second century after Christ. [“ I believe in Jesus Christ His only Son who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary”]
The Nicene Creed which comes to us from the early part of the forth century, also tells us that our Lord was incarnate by the Holy Spirit by the virgin Mary and was made man The Nicene Creed also affirms the Miracle of The Virgin Birth. The supernatural aspec of it
The Athanasian Creed says, Furthermore it is necessary to Eternal Salvation that we also believe Faithfully the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ
We confess that our Lord Jesus Christt, The Son of God is both God and Man
He is God of substance of His Father Begotten before the world and He is Man of substance of his Mother born in the world
Perfect God Perfect Man
Of resoning soul and human flesh eaqual to the Father as touching His Godhead Less than the Father as touching Manhood Who although He be God and Man Yet He is not Two but One Christ
However not by conversion of Godhead into flesh but by taking of Manhood into God. One altogether not by confusion of substance but by unity of person For as the reasoning soul and flesh is one man So God and Man is one Christ .
The athanasian creed insists that belief in the virgin birth of Christ is necessary for salvation, for if we do not believe in the virgin birth than we do not have a Savior,Christ the Lord. who is able to save us.
“To us a child is born, To us a son is given”
This one is the sovereign Lord, which means that nothing happens in the universe without His express permission and what shall this one be called?
Jesus the Messiah Son of God
Wonderful Counselor Mighty God Prince of Peace Priest and King
Immanuel “ God with us”
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