The Most Dangerous Baby on Earth!

Dear Crosswalkers,

I'm sure many of you saw the recent news item about the Cannonball that couldn't be stopped. The crew from the TV show Mythbusters fired a homemade cannonball in the bay area city of Dublin as part of an experiment. Unfortunately, it missed the target. Then it kept going, and going, and going. According to one account, it "tore through a cinder-block wall, skipped off a hillside … bounced in front of a home … ripped through the front door, raced up the stairs and blasted through a bedroom … exited the house, leaving a perfectly round hole in the stucco (see photo), crossed six-lane Tassajara Road, took out several tiles from the roof of a home … and finally slammed into [a family's] minivan." Yikes!!  The local police sergeant said, "Crazy, crazy, crazy. You wouldn't think it was possible." This one little six inch cannonball had an almost unbelievable journey with some remarkable effects!

At Christmas, we celebrate the fact that a little baby was born that had an incredible journey from heaven to earth and whose effect on planet earth was beyond calculation. In the Christmas story in Matthew's gospel, King Herod considered Jesus to be the most dangerous baby ever born. How could a newborn infant be a threat to a king? On the most elementary level, it was because the wise men were searching for the baby who was born to be King of the Jews. But on a deeper level, here's the prophecy of Simeon about the baby Jesus:

Luke 2:34-35 - Then Simeon blessed them, and he said to Mary, the baby’s mother, “This child is destined to cause many in Israel to fall, but he will be a joy to many others. He has been sent as a sign from God, but many will oppose him. As a result, the deepest thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your very soul.”

And so it has been for 2,000 years... The baby born on Christmas has caused many to fall, but he has been a joy for so many others!  MAY JESUS BE YOUR JOY, NOW AND ALWAYS! 
 

Love in Jesus,

Pastor John