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Christmas From Christ’s Perspective

  • Rev. Ronald Stelzer
  • December 17, 2022
Christmas From Christ's Perspective

Jesus is the only person who spoke intelligibly before his conception and birth. And his words do not convey the joy that our carols express about his arrival.

The Will of The Father

“When Christ came into the world, he said to his Father, ‘Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me . . . I have come to do Your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the Book.'” (Hebrews 10:5-7) Jesus obviously knew full well why He was being sent to earth: to be tortured and crucified as a sacrifice for all the sins of mankind. But it was all part of a plan conceived before the beginning of Creation. Indeed, Jesus is “the Lamb who was slain before the foundation of the world.” (Revelation 13:8) His destiny was prophesied in detail in the Scriptures. (Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, et. al.)

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The Send Off

I wonder what it was like in heaven before the beloved Son of the Father was sent into the womb of the Virgin. Did they have a last supper together? Were angels invited to say their goodbyes and give their best wishes? I suspect, if it were possible, that both Father and Son had a tearful embrace as the latter said goodbye to his home and family in heaven to become a baby human on a hostile earth, the former knowingly sending His Beloved Son into a world where most would neither recognize nor appreciate him and brutally, shamefully mistreat him who was sacrificing himself for them.

Meanwhile we sing, “Joy to the world the Lord is come. Let earth receive her king.” Will you be among those gathered to welcome him and thank him for coming?

Christmas From Christ's Perspective

About The Author

Pastor: Rev. Ronald Stelzer is a 3rd generation minister in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and 2nd generation teacher and coach in Lutheran schools. He was raised in a six-child family in Kansas and Indiana, graduated from St. Paul’s Lutheran School and Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, Davidson College in North Carolina and Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and Fort Wayne. He and wife Margaret of 35 years have six grown children and six grandchildren. He has served two years in sports ministry with Athletes in Action, a year in youth missions with Ongoing Ambassadors for Christ, four years as chaplain/teacher/coach at his high school alma mater, and 35 years as pastor of Our Savior, where he helped found and lead Our savior New American School 28 years ago.

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Our Savior Lutheran Church is true to its name, focused on Jesus Christ and to historic Lutheran commitments to Christ alone, the Bible alone, Grace alone and Faith alone. Its concern for Christian education not only involves a Sunday school, Confirmation, Youth Ministry, and Bible Classes, but also led to its founding of Our Savior New American School.

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