Dellview Baptist

Church New & Views Monthly Newsletter | January 2020 dellviewbaptistchurch.org

It’s hard to believe that it’s almost Christmas, but it is. Hopefully our thoughts reflect on the true

meaning of Christmas…the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus. But what if Jesus had never been

born? What if there was no virgin birth? What if there was no baby Jesus wrapped in swaddling

clothes lying in a manger? No angels announcing the birth to the shepherds? Imagine the last

2000 years of life on this earth without the influence of the life of Jesus. We can read the book

of Acts and see how the life of Jesus affected the first churches. Paul tells us stories of how the

life of Jesus affected the churches he started and supported, but what about today? What do we

see in our would that would be different had Jesus not been born?

One of the first things we would notice would be the absence of many hospitals, colleges and

relief organizations, all of which have been started by Christians because of Jesus.

As great a problem as poverty and sickness are today, the situation would be far greater had it

had not been for Christianity. As great as these losses would be, if Jesus had never been born,

we would not have a clear view of God. John 1:14 says, “The Word became flesh and made his

dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the

Father, full of grace and truth.” God came to our little world and became one of us. If I want to

know what God is like, all I have to do is look at Jesus.

But what the angel told Mary that day has come true,

“You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you

are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and

will be called the Son of the Most High.” (Luke 1:31)

Today and every day we celebrate the truth of the

birth, death and resurrection of Jesus.

He Lives!

Christmas Thoughts By Pastor Phil

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JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

Please note…

If your birthday is not listed, we do not have it on our records. Please let us know!

2 Ken Brown 3 Parveen Medellin 13 Alycea Olsen 15 Rudy Flores 24 Debra Trull 27 Rose Kwiecein 31 Travis Lawson 31 Bonnye Vidal

THANKS TO THE WORSHIP TEAM –MARTHA FAZ AND LINDA RISLEY … for all the wonderful Christmas decora-tions. GREAT JOB!

TACO BAR AFTER CHURCH