Luke 2:8-20

We come upon these scriptures and say wow nice sign, where’s mine or excellent experience can I have one? But signs and wonders will be useless on that final day. In two ways this is a picture of God’s salvation work.

1.There is a sense in witch God’s blessing is upon the unworthy, because there are none who are acceptable before God.

2.There is another sense in witch this is not

the real blessing but just the introduction. I say so

humbly for all God does is majestic and true.

The real blessing is the Birth of a King who will shatter the darkness of a false and slavish reality that covers the world. It is He who gives the most precious gift ever given, an eternal life sealed with His Spirit.

Dear Friend

"Know you not that friendship with the world is enmity with God?"

Dear Friends, are we such heathen hearted buffoons that these words don't shatter our pride and cause our inmost being to shudder. Taking our religion for granted and walking in our secure stupor. If you are saved then the Spirit of God should shoot through you like a lightening bolt, dispelling the darkness and getting our full attention. We can not afford to be titillating our senses on the rooftop like David. The war is ragging. We are called to fight and fight we must.
I don't believe the issue at hand is kindness to the heathen. Scripture and history display this fully, but rather entering into a relationship or close association to worldly things. Christ is primary and nothing else should come close. As soldiers in the fight we must be serious, sober minded, relying heavily on the word for sure direction.
The stark warning is very fearful, its not that God has moved, but it is that you have acted the traitor. The God who called you and has given his orders -you have betrayed. He paid an awful price for you, what have you paid for him ?
The immense love of God is not a small thing, you can not afford to live as though it is. Your cheerful obedience as a soldier of Christ is the issue. How else should you walk with your God ! We are not called to a slumbering passivity, but to destroy gates and towers of the evil one. Load your mind with what is good and true. Do not shrink back, take the fight to them and never relent.
The crown rights of Christ is your banner, you can serve no other.