Thursday, December 15, 2011

The Great X Change

This time of year many families and friends have what we've all come to know as Dirty Santa.  People buy not-so-expensive gifts and then go to war as it were, exchanging those gifts to see who gets to keep the greatest gift of little value.

Life is a lot like that.  We go to war, day in and day out, exchanging our lives for the next great prize.  However that unknown gift, that elusive thing we strive so hard to attain, is in the eternal scheme of things, of little value.

That's where The Great X Change comes in.  We get to X Change our lives, even though they are weak and defeated, lost and without hope, for the greatest, grandest gift of all - Jesus Christ and His righteousness.  And oh what a Great X Change it is!

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love-not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. 1 John 4:9-10 (NLT) 

Why would God do such a thing?  At first look, it would appear God was getting the worst end of a Dirty Santa swap.  But when you realize that the very reason Christ came was To X-press God's Love, take away the guilt and punishment of sin, plus give us a new and purpose filled life, everything changes.  Join us for Part 4 live at  The Great X Change or to view or listen to the entire series, go to The Great X Change Series.

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