The Sin Solution

As we enter into another holiday season, the temptation to lose focus on the intended purpose of this celebratory time is wrapped up in every Christmas party, sale, decoration and more. 

This season has become synonymous with expectation. It’s important for us as followers of Christ to remember the expectation and fulfillment of the promised Messiah, as we await with the same expectation for his return. 

We studied in Genesis 3, how the first mention of God’s promise to send Jesus, was the result of a fractured relationship between God and His creation. 

Adam and Eve were without want, as they freely communed with God in the garden of Eden. One conversation with the serpent caused Eve to question that fulfillment, and birthed a desire in her for something other than relationship with God. 

That desire led Eve to distrust God, and is what led her to convince her husband to do the same, altering their lives forever. 

Once sin entered the picture, shame and separation did too, and a solution was needed to repair that once free access to the presence of God. 

This season is to remember the miraculous ways that God kept His promise across generations of people who followed him imperfectly. Through impossible circumstances, He made good on His word to restore communion with His people. 

Jesus came to the world as a gift to all mankind. We freely accept this gift when we come to salvation through Him. Now that communion with God is restored, we must be sure that we don’t allow the desires of this world to convince us that there is anything more important than living for Jesus. 

We, as God’s people today, should have a greater hope and expectation for a coming Messiah, because we know that the same God who sent His son into the world as a gift to us, will surely send Him again to make right all that is wrong.