Christmas is here again!
Three Simple Words What does God want from you this year at Christmas time? Justice … Mercy … Humility. Rightly understood, those three words form the sum total of your Christian duty. If you have those things, God will be pleased. If you don’t, nothing else makes much difference. That brings us back to Micah. Why didn’t God accept all their sacrifices? Why did he turn them down? Because they offered him everything except the one thing he really wanted—their hearts. The religion God approves is the religion of the heart! Outward religion is useless unless the heart belongs to God. He wants the real you—the person on the inside. You can fake a lot of religious activity. But the heart doesn’t lie. Why Jesus Came What does God want from me at Christmastime (and every other day as well)? Justice … Mercy … Humility. These are matters of the heart. This is why Jesus Came. Matthew 12:18 says, “He will proclaim justice to the nat...