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December 1954
A CHRISTMAS MEDITATION
On Bethlehem Hill the shepherds gathered the flocks together, the
lambs bleated for their mothers, the night was still and the stars shone
overhead. The shepherds looked up to see a star much brighter than all the
others. A child was born in the dead of night.
It had been prophesied that a child would be born to show the way
to the Light that would dispel the darkness of the night of man’s ignorance.
Hearts were filled with a longing for peace, for the world was cruel and
hard. There was no hope left; what hope there had been had been destroyed
by hatred, war and strife.
So He came that men might live and know the Truth—the Love of
the Living God.
The Bible is rich in Divine promises of salvation. “Behold, thy salvation
cometh,” says Isaiah. “I will show him my salvation,” wrote the Psalmist.
“Now is the day of salvation,” says Paul.
What is salvation? Salvation is not limited to some bliss in the here-
after, it is not limited to some future time.
Salvation is now at this very moment and the process is easy. Then
we see how the Satan of the self separates man from man, at that moment
the Christ is waiting to enter the heart—the Christ that liveth in every soul
that lives.
Our sins we impose upon ourselves and the moment we recognise
how erroneous our thinking and actions are, they fall away from us, and at
that moment salvation is at hand. It was this that the Man of Galilee made
plain to us: “At this very hour you will be in paradise with me.”
God has promised His salvation now; Not tomorrow or some time
in the future. And He fulfils His promise instantly you make a place in your
heart for Him. “Rise up now and be free.” “Take up your bed and walk.”
“Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord which He
will shew to you today.” Exodus 14: 13.
Forgiveness is free. “It shall be remembered no more against thee.”
Granting forgiveness to some and not to others is not forgiveness. Forgiveness
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