The first sign of Christmas is in our passage today.
1 John 3:5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin.
The whole gospel is found in this verse. Jesus was sent from heaven on a mission. His mission was not to condemn the world but to save it. Jesus came to take away our sin. He was able to do this because there was no sin in him. His death on the cross and his resurrection provide the only way for sin to be removed from our lives. God the Father sent his only son on this mission because it was the only way he could preserve his justice and yet rescue mankind.
Verse 8 says… " He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work."
Another reason for Christmas was to destroy something. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. And he accomplished that by triumphing over him at cross. So the encouragement to me today is my Savior has destroyed my enemy and given me the privilege to live a new life, a life free from the bondage to sin.
May the Lord open all of our eyes to see his beauty and his victory.
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