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Appropriate New Year's Texts
"I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth
in me . . ." (Galatians 2:20).
"For to me to live, is Christ . ."
(Philippians 1:21).
"He died for all, that they which'
live should not henceforth live unto
themselves, but unto Him which
died for them, and rose again"
(2 Corinthians 5:15).
"Ye are not your own. For ye are
bought with a price: therefore glor-
ify God in your body . . ." (1 Cor-inthians 6:18-20).
"Do not fret or have any anxiety
about anything, but in every circum-
stance and in everything by prayer
and petition (definite requests) with
thanksgiving continue to make your
wants known to God.
"And God's peace (be yours, that
tranquil state of a soul assured of
its salvation through Christ, and so
fearing nothing from God and con-
tent with its earthly lot of whateversort that is, that peace) which tran-
scends all understanding, shall gar-
rison and mount guard over your
hearts and minds in Christ Jesus"
(Philippians 4:6-7 Amplified N. T.)
"Giving thanks always for all
things unto God and the Father in
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ"
(Ephesians 5:20).
"And whatsoever ye do, do it
heartily, as to the Lord, and not un-
to men" (Colossians 3:23).It occurred in the land of Egypt.
Six hundred thousand men besides
women and children were the cele-
brants!
They were not in taverns and
night clubs, drinking, dancing and
carousing. They were in their homes
-many of which were hovels. They
had performed a rite which had
never been witnessed before in the
world's history. They had sprinkled
the blood of a lamb upon the side-
posts and upper door posts of their
houses.
Inside their houses they fed upon
roast lamb with herbs and un-
leavened bread. They were fully
clothed, even to sandals on their
feet, and girded loins. They had
their walking sticks in readiness;
for at midnight they were to start
on a long walk out of Egypt and to-
ward a Promised Land.
They had been slaves in bitter
bondage, and had built treasure
cities for the reigning monarchs of
Egypt. But they had been told that
this was to be "the beginning of
months to them", the first month of
the year-not of their civil calendar,
but of their sacred one!
"A Happy New Year" would have
been an appropriate greeting; for
they were to leave what, to them,
was "a house of bondage, and a furn-
ace of affliction." They were to be
free men and women.
This was the "Birth of a Nation"
-the nation of Israel! The feast
they observed was "The Passover."
It was henceforth to be observed
annually,, in celebration of their
deliverance from Egypt.
The Passover lambs killed in
Egypt typified Christ, the Lamb of
God. We are told in 1 Corinthians
5:7, "Christ our Passover is sacri-
ficed for us." He is the Lamb of God
who was led to slaughter because of
our sins. His precious blood has been"shed for many for the remission of
sins" (Matthew 26:28).
When a person who is in the pri-
son house of unbelief, appropriates
Christ by faith as Lord and Savior,
the greeting: "A Happy New Year"
can be extended in its truest and
fullest sense to him-or her!
That event will be "the beginning
of months, the first month of the
year" on that person's sacred cal-
endar. It will be that person's new
birth!
The Apostle Peter says we are
"born again . . . of incorruptible seed,
by the Word of God . . . And this is
the Word which by the gospel is
preached unto you," (1 Peter
1:23-25).
That believer starts out on the
path of life which leads to the
Promised Land of eternal glory. The
Why Was Christ Born?
Numerous answers could be given
to the important question: "Why
was Christ born?"
Some of the answers would be
true, others false. We cannot do
better than give the reasons which
the Lord and His apostles gave.
Surely the Lord Himself knew why
He came. Listen to Him as He says:
"Even as the Son of man came not
to be ministered unto, but to give
His life a ransom for many" (Mat-
thew 20:28).
Speaking o n another occasion,
Jesus said: "They that are whole
need not a physician; but they that
are sick. I came not to call the right-
eous, but sinners to repentance"
(Luke 5:31-32).A l\Mernorable New Year's Eve
Lord Jesus said: "I will come again,
and receive you unto myself; that
where I am, there ye may be also"
(John 14:3).
This kind of "A Happy New Year"
awaits all who will believe the gos-
pel of Christ; for it is the power of
God unto salvation to everyone that
believeth . . ." (Romans 1:16).
Light For
The New Year
"If any man walk in the day, he
stumbleth not, because he seeth the
light of this world. But if a man
walk in the night, he stumbleth, be-
cause there is no light in Him"
(John 11:9-10).
The darkness hides the path ahead,
The stones we cannot see;
So-many struggle on life's road
Complaining shamefully!
Fumbling, grumbling, stumbling on
Waiting for the light to dawn!
The light has dawned, for Christ
has said:
"I am this dark world's Light."
Then why contiune in the dark?
Without Him it is night!
Fumbling, stumbling- tumbling too
Will still persist in troubling you!
But Christ can turn our night to day,
The end we then can see;
He'll help us o'er life's rugged road
And guide us tenderly!
Then-grumbling, stumbling, tumb-
ling? No!
We'll know His peace as on we go!
So, as another New Year dawns,
May we walk close to Him;
The dazzling glory of His light
Will make all else grow dim;
His beaming, gleaming, streaming
Light
Will shine, and make the pathway
bright! .
-Marie L. Olson
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