{"id":2574,"date":"2017-12-15T12:56:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T17:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2018-03-29T19:09:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T00:09:35","slug":"a-star-is-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/?p=2574","title":{"rendered":"A STAR IS BORN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the greatest holiday\u2019s that we celebrate every year is Christmas. \u00a0To some it means, \u201cSanta Claus is coming to town\u201d. \u00a0To others it means, \u201cChestnuts roasting on an open fire\u201d, etc. \u00a0However, for whatever reason you choose to celebrate this holiday, let me tell you the \u201ctrue meaning of Christmas\u201d!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The bible says, <strong>&#8220;F<\/strong><\/span><b>or God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. \u00a0For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved\u201d (Jn. 3:16, 17).<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jesus (God manifested in the flesh; <\/span><b>Jn.1:1 \u2013 4, 14, 6:38<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) came down from heaven, born of a virgin <\/span><b>(Isa. 7:14, 9:6)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and gave his life as a sin sacrifice for our sins when he died on the cross <\/span><b>(Phil. 2:5 \u2013 11)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0The true celebration of Christmas is, remembering the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and why he was born! \u00a0God\u2019s greatest gift to the world is his son <\/span><b>(Rom. 5:17, 6:23, Eph. 2:8, 9, Jas. 1:17<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When Jesus was born, the wise men brought him gifts <\/span><b>(Matt. 2:1 \u2013 11<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). \u00a0Seeing how it is his birthday, what gifts will we bring him? \u00a0Remember, it is his birthday so don\u2019t, X \u2013 him out! \u00a0One of the best ways to bring him gifts, is to <\/span><b>remember the<\/b> <b>poor<\/b> <b>(Matt. 25:35 \u2013 40, Acts 20:35, Gal. 2:10, Eph. 4:28).<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"680\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xXbBlh-hNZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest holiday\u2019s that we celebrate every year is Christmas. \u00a0To some it means, \u201cSanta Claus is coming to town\u201d. \u00a0To others it means, \u201cChestnuts roasting on an open fire\u201d, etc. \u00a0However, for whatever reason you choose to celebrate this holiday, let me tell you the \u201ctrue meaning of Christmas\u201d! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The bible says, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pastors_blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2574"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583,"href":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574\/revisions\/2583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agfcinc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}