GOOD TIDINGS! OF GREAT JOY! - BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID A SAVIOR! WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD!

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and

and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheth man's heart. Psalm 104:15.

"GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY!" -- It's awful hard to find GREAT JOY in our world today.

New Testament book of Luke, chapter 2 reads:

8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

The city of David is Bethlehem, Israel.

Normally a Christmas passage, but boy, we sure need all the joy we can get in these troubling times! Don't we?

We can embrace Jesus Christ, the Savior for ourselves, by simply, sincerely, believing in him.

The New Testament book (or Gospel) of John states this many times in somewhat different ways.

The word "Gospel" is a Greek word meaning "THE GOOD NEWS!"

The New Testament book of Romans chapter 5 tells us all humans are sinners because Adam disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden:

⁸But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

⁹Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

¹⁰For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

¹¹And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Romans chapter 1 tells us that God's personal existence is absolutely clear through creation.

And thus it is our responsibility to glorify, thank, and worship him.

But we all fall short of this. So we need to be saved.

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

¹⁷For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; (Evil people suppress the truth.)

¹⁹Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

²⁰For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

²¹Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and

oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. Psalm 104:15

The book, or Gospel, of John in the New Testament has so many comforting words, showing we can obtain salvation in Christ by receiving and believing on him!

John chapter 1:

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Notice that in receiving and believing we become born of God. Once born of God, we can never be un-born!

29 John the Baptist seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him (Jesus), Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

John chapter 3:

3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

16 (Jesus said)For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

NOTE: IT IS "EVERLASTING" LIFE FROM THE MOMENT YOU GET IT. YOU CAN NOT LOSE IT!

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Chapter 4:

25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

Chapter 5:

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

We must hear him.

Chapter 6:

35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

We must come to him and believe.

40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

The terms verily, verily mean we may believe Jesus words with absolute certainty.

68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

Chapter 7:

31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

41 Others said, This is the Christ.

NOTE: IT IS "EVERLASTING" LIFE FROM THE MOMENT YOU GET IT. YOU CAN NOT LOSE IT!

PSALM 119:105

THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.

Book of John Chapter 8:

24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I (Jesus) am he, ye shall die in your sins.

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

"Keep" means, to guard, to observe, to reserve.

Chapter 9:

38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

Chapter 10:

7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

Chapter 11:

23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

Chapter 12:

9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse;

and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge...make war

John Chapter 20:

³⁰And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:

³¹But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Chapter 21:

²⁵And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

It is highly recommended to read the entire book of John.

You can do this at BibleGateway.com

To become a Christian see my pages They Came to Jesus, and Jesus Gets a Visitor in the Night.

Also see my page on the Resurrection.

I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE

NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME -- JESUS CHRIST - JOHN 14:6

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