Thursday, December 14, 2017
Do not let baby Jesus become Jesus lite...
Everybody loves a baby and baby Jesus is no exception. We are coming into that time of year when our
culture is actually aware of Jesus. You
will see manger scenes in yards and on mantles.
Buttons are worn announcing “Jesus is the reason for the season.”
Churches make sure you hear about baby Jesus. Live nativity scenes. Christmas plays and programs. Baby dolls, or live babies, and swaddling
clothes all to represent baby Jesus.
Cute, and sweet, and precious.
Who doesn’t like Christmas and baby Jesus?
And I think we Christians need to very careful about the
message we send.
Because if baby Jesus is all we present, we are showing a
“lite” version of Jesus. After all, babies
make no demands. Babies do not demand
that you deny yourself, take up a cross, and follow them.
But baby Jesus grew up to be the Savior who died on the cross. And he asks us to die with him.
Do not leave Jesus in the manger.
Do not let baby Jesus become Jesus lite.
