"I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture."
John 10:9
How
Jesus be a Gate? Where are we entering that we need to go through
Him? The answer: Heaven. There is only One Way to Heaven and it's
through Jesus. What does that mean? We need to believe in Him as our
Savior. We cannot save ourselves. No amount of good deeds will
outweigh all the bad ones. The entrance to Heaven also cannot be
earned. God gives it to us freely by grace, but we must believe. If we
are in Jesus, meaning we have confessed with our mouths, Jesus is Lord,
and believe in our hearts that He was raised from the dead by God, we
are saved (Paraphrase Romans 10:9). That's the entrance fee to
Heaven.
Jesus
is standing as the Gate, waiting for you to come. Run to Him and make
that confession because what is waiting for us there is not only eternal
life but eternal worship of our Creator and Savior. That is the hope
we have to hold onto in this world. It is also the Power, Truth, and
Reason we celebrate this season (and always truthfully). Jesus' birth provided the perfect human
life that could take on the sins of the world while His infinite and
eternal Godly nature could take them on for everyone. His birth gave
way to His death, so that we could live forever and ever with Him in
Heaven.
How
will you worship Him knowing that He was born to die and be the Gate
for your entrance into Heaven? Do you acknowledge Him as the Gate?
What words of praise can you offer Him this morning as you reflect on
Him as the reason for our Christmas celebrations?
In His Love,
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