Leaders Section
John14: 27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you, I do not
give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not
be afraid.
As we celebrate Christmas
today, this is a time to reflect on Jesus who is also called the Prince of Peace
which he displayed throughout His life. Peace is an attractive quality in a
leader and people will support a leader who exhibits such qualities.
From Jesus we can see that
Jesus demonstrated peace when everything around him was in chaos. His enemies
were screaming for His blood, they whipped and tore his flesh from His body.
Throughout the turmoil He remained in peace with the persecutors. He did not
retaliate but was meek in accepting all the insults, punishment and trauma.
His followers were traumatized
and went into hiding; they have lost their peace and were actually trembling in
great fear. They were afraid for their lives as they see their leader dying on
the cross. Throughout the whole process of the trial, persecution and crucifixion
Jesus had His peace. He did not lose his temper but instead kept His peace till
the end when He called to God to forgive the people for they did not know what
they are doing.
Jesus is the Prince of
peace and He said my peace I give to you. This peace is different from the
peace of the world; it is the peace that surpasses all understanding of men.
This peace is able to sustain us even when the whole world seems to collapse
around us. We see this peace at work in the lives of the believer in the Middle
East where the IS terrorists take the Christian captives and execute them by
beheading. We can see that all of them had the peace of God and they too did
not struggle nor did they cry as they went to their death. All of them knew
that they were just passing on from this world to be with Jesus. We too must
seek for this peace of Jesus in or lives.
Jesus came at the first
Christmas to give us salvation and the peace of God.
Public Section
Luke 2: 10
Do not be afraid. I
bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.
The proclamation of JOY was brought by the angels on a cold
night in the Judean desert over two thousand years ago. The angels declared to
the shepherds in the open fields that on that night God had released great Joy
to the World as the Lord has come. God had send the saviour of the world into
the world not to condemn the world but to save the world.
The good news is that for everyone who believes in Jesus
Christ and accept Him as our Saviour, He will grant them eternal life. This was
the promise given to all men in the world. This is a free gift from God as the
high price that was demanded was paid by God through His Son’s shed blood and
His life on Calvary.
There was no other sacrifice that God would want to receive
except that He provided for the perfect sacrifice, a pure and sinless man,
Jesus, to die for the remission of the sin of the whole world.
This is what Christmas is all about, when Churches and
Christian celebrate Christmas; they must remember the true mission of Jesus
Christ. They must not turn to the deception that is in the world today. The deception
from Satan is he has blinded the eyes of the world to Christ and he has
promoted himself as Santa so that all the people, adults, children, organizations,
and even Churches are deceived into promoting and celebrating Santa and his
snow sledge.
They have also been deceived into believing that Christmas is
about snow man, yule log and snow. All these have nothing to do with the
original salvation plan of God. The Churches must understand the deception of
Satan and to stop following what the world do. Let us be the Light to the
people of the world who are still living in darkness and under deception from Satan.
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