"If Christ has not come"

“If I (Jesus) had not come and spoke to them (the world), they would not guilty of sin." (John 15:22)
“Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord." (Nehemiah 8:10)

Economy is doing extremely well and judging from the shopping crowds, people are definitely spending more this year than before. As we re-focus on the true meaning of Christmas, I can’t help but share this very thought-provoking story I read from ‘Streams In The Desert’:-

'A church minister falling asleep in his study on one Christmas morning and then dreaming of a world into which Jesus had never come.

In his dream, he saw himself walking through his house, but as he looked, he saw no stockings hung on the chimney, no Christmas tree, and no Christ to comfort and gladden hearts. He then walked onto the street outside, but there was no church around. When he came back and sat down in his library, he realised that every book about Christ had disappeared. Then the doorbell rang and that a messenger asked him to visit a friend’s poor dying mother.

He reached her home, and as his friend sat and wept, he said, “I have something here to comfort you.” He opened his Bible to look for a familiar promise, but it ended with the last book of Old Testament, Malachi. There was no gospel (New Testament), and no promise of hope and salvation, and all he could do was bow his head and weep with his friend and his mother in bitter despair.

Two days later he stood beside her coffin and conducted her funeral service, but there was no message of comfort, no words of a glorious resurrection, and no thought of a mansion awaiting her in heaven. There was only “dust to dust, and ashes to ashes,” and one long, final farewell. Finally, he realised that Christ has not come, and burst into tears, weeping bitterly in his sorrowful dream.

Then suddenly he awoke with a start, and a great shout of joy and praise burst from his lips as he heard the choir singing".....O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!" in his church nearby.'

So let us rejoice this season of the year because Christ has come, and may His aroma spread every corner of the world.