The Only Cure For Sin
The Bible teaches that the only cure for sin is the blood of Christ on the Cross. Every Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Church celebrates Communion. When we put the juice to our lips, it’s the symbol of the blood that was shed. And one of the most prominent aspects of the worship of ancient Judaism was the shedding of blood to make an atonement for sin. The word blood symbolizes life, a life that was given. Christ became the Lamb of God whose blood was shed, and He died on the Cross for our sins.
The Cross and the resurrection stand today as humanity’s only hope. It was on Good Friday and Easter that God did for us what we could not do for ourselves. From these momentous events, God is saying to sinful man, “I love you. I love you so much I gave My Son.” But He’s saying more than that. He’s saying, “I can forgive you, because of what My Son did on the Cross.” And that is the good news of Christmas!

“They has seen an angel, they repeated. And the angel had told them about a Baby born in Bethlehem and called the Baby ‘Savior’ and ‘Lord.’ They had just seen the Baby with their own eyes — out in the stable behind the inn — and they wanted everyone else to know about it too.
He was a tiny thing, wrapped tightly in a long linen band of cloth and sleeping soundly as any newborn baby. Sleeping as though the world had not waited thousands of years for this moment. As soundly as though your life and my life and the lives of everyone on earth were not wrapped up in His birth.”
 —From This Christmas Night—

Free from the law, O happy condition — Jesus hath bled, and there is remission;
Cursed by the law & bruised by the fall — Grace hath redeemed us once for all.

Now we are free, there’s no condemnation — Jesus provides a perfect salvation;
Come unto Me, O hear His sweet call — Come, and He saves us once for all.

Children of God, O glorious calling — Surely His grace will keep us from falling;
Passing from death to life at His call — Blessed salvation once for all.

Once for all, O sinner, receive it — Once for all, O brother, believe it;
Cling to the cross, the burden will fall — Christ hath redeemed us once for all.

                                -Philip Paul Bliss-