God?s Christmas Gift to You The true meaning of Christmas is that Jesus Christ, God himself, came to earth to be born into the human race. But why did he come?Some believe that Christ came to give us an example of God?s love. Others say he came to be a shining example. Many people consider him the greatest teacher of all time. Still others believe he came to establish a new religion.But Jesus, referring to himself as the ?Son of Man??a description he often used to show that he had taken on humanity?tells us exactly why he came: ?For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.?Luke 19:10 The Son of Man came.Almighty God has entered our world??God with us? (Matthew 1:23). ?The Word [Christ] became flesh [human]?and dwelt [lived] among us? (John 1:14). The Son of Man came to seek and to save.Isaiah 53:6, tells us that ?All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned?every one?to his own way.? No one had to teach us to run from God. We were born running! We all want to do our own thing! The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.Jesus did not come as a tourist or an educator or an itinerant philosopher. Jesus came as a Savior seeking to save ?the

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