1st Timothy 2:5-6
“There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all.”
Starting a couple weeks before Christmas, many of us start to walk to our mailboxes with expectations. We know that Christmas cards and letters will arrive almost daily. Families in matching outfits will grace the covers of glossy cards. There will be postcards with brief greetings and warm wishes. Then there are the Christmas letters, full of details of all of the events that have taken place in the blast year. Whose Christmas letter do you look forward to receiving?
Christmas letters are very personal things. They don't go to everyone because the message isn't for everyone. Not everyone needs to know what you've decided to go back to Disneyland or that your little sister finally got her braces taken off. They each contain a specific message for specific people. To share someone's letter with an unintended recipient might even amount to gossip.
Well some Christmas letters may not be for everyone, but the story of Christmas is for every single one of us. Christ came to earth because God loved the whole world (John 3:16) anyone can read scripture and know that it is meant for him or her. Christ came for everyone, and he died for everyone. In today's verse Paul wrote that Christ gave himself as a ransom for all.
It's easy to assume that everyone knows the message of the gospel, but that's not the case. People in our lives hunger and thirst for the hope of Christ, and those of us who hold fast to the word of God must be willing to share it. You may not want to share the details of your sister's Christmas letter with the world, but the gospel isn't gossip. It's good news. For everyone. Let's share it!
