Having a baby is cause for celebration and, in the days before the ultrasound test, it used to carry with it some element of surprise. Would the baby be a boy or a girl? These days, however, most people don’t wait until the child enters the world to announce whether it’s a him or her. “Gender reveal” parties are all the rage as people gather family and friends (and social media followers) at a party to show what little bundle of joy they are expecting. The revelation of Jesus as Savior is good news because it reveals that we can be reborn to new life as a result of who he is and what he has done. The Savior of the world has been revealed and laid in a manger. His coming, humanity, and purpose were quietly revealed centuries before by prophets like Isaiah, who celebrated him as a child “born for us, a son given to us” who is the “Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father” and the true “Prince of Peace” who establishes the reign of God’s kingdom (Isaiah 9:6-7). And that Savior reveals to us how we, too, can be revealed as people made new by his sacrificial and forgiving love. Based on Luke 2:1-20.
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