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For many of us, Christmas is one of the highlights—perhaps the highlight—of the year. It is a time to spend with loved ones in warm homes, enjoying good food, and exchanging gifts. There is nothing wrong with all this, of course. Most of us will spend Christmas in this manner.

But if this is all Christmas means to us, then we have missed the true meaning of the season.

What is Christmas all about? The true meaning of the season is this: God became man. What an amazing truth! Think about it: two thousand years ago the Lord entered human history. He clothed Himself in flesh and blood, becoming incarnate in the person of Jesus Christ.

Why did God do such an astounding thing? First Timothy 1:15 provides an answer: “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” The Lord came to us primarily as our Savior.

What awesome news! This is not the stuff of a fairy tale … this is not mere myth or legend … this is historical fact—God became man to redeem spiritually dead people.

Have you seen yourself as the sinner the Bible says you are, and have you trusted in Jesus Christ and His sacrificial death upon the cross for your salvation?

Please do not let Christmas go by without remembering the real significance of the season. Look beyond the Christmas tree, the lights, the tinsel, and all of the holiday trappings. These things have their place, but let us see Christmas for what it really is: God becoming man in the Person of Jesus Christ.

May this Christmas season find us responding like those shepherds of old who, after seeing Jesus, returned home and glorified and praised God for all the things they heard and saw, which were just as they had been foretold (Luke 2:20).

May God bless you this holy season as you experience the true meaning of Christmas!