Ahhhh… Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year…. The other year we were in downtown Chicago and decided to walk through the Christmas Market. It was suppose to be fun and relaxing but instead it turned into an extreme practice of patience as we battled wall to wall people and claustrophobia. After taking 30 minutes to walk like penguins bounced about like a pinball we finally made it out of the compacted crowd. Ahhh… Relief at last! Then out of the corner of my eye I saw something and pulled my wife saying we really need to see this after what we just experienced. Before us was a life size Nativity scene. We paused, pondered and praised God for the proclamation of the truth of Christmas displayed in the midst of chaos. Proclaming and presenting Jesus as the Savior of the world is the message of our text today. Ahhh… Reality. John writes so that we may believe that Jesus is the Savior and by believing we may have life in His name.
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