Am thinkin' 'bout the first Christmas.
No where in the Bible does the Bible refer to Joseph as Jesus' father. (Real basic: God the Father was/is Jesus' Father.)
I like how Mary (then a virgin -- a very moral person) told the truth! In the magnificot she said she needed a Savior (which would obviously make her a sinner too).
She could do nothing to protect her own reputation, but she trusted in her Father God. Her jeered and smeared Son (God the Son, sinless #Jesus) did that too! Who do you put your trust in? In you? Put it in Christ.
Not only was there no vacancy for Jesus at the Inn, there seemed to be no room for Him anywhere here. Why? Where He went, He wisely uncovers what's wrong. He exposes who we are..with the greed, the lust, the pride, the selfishness and other sins. If you live 100% for Jesus will there be room for you?
Will there be room for you in the business world, in the religious world? If they hated Him, they will you too. (The USA is still a religious nation, with a broad range mix-mash of faiths and superstitions. So often sadly, truth mixed with error).
You know how in public places they let you to pray to anything or to anyone other than to the Father in the name of Jesus. If you do pray in Christ's name, those of this world will wedge you out. No place here.
Do you like to hear the truth about Christmas?
"In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town.
And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock. The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear.
The angel said to them,
“Do not be afraid;
for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy
that will be for all the people.
For today in the city of David
a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord.
And this will be a sign for you:
you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes
and lying in a manger.”
And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel,
praising God and saying:
“Glory to God in the highest
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:1-14
