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Topic:
Christmas Is Costly
It cost Mary and Joseph the comforts of home during a
long period of exile in Egypt to protect the little Babe.
It cost mothers in and around Bethlehem the massacre of their babies by
the cruel order of Herod.
It cost the shepherds the complacency of their shepherds' life, with the
call to the manger and to tell the good news.
It cost the wise men a long journey and expensive gifts and changed
lives.
It cost the early apostles and the early church, persecution and
sometimes death.
It cost missionaries of Christ untold suffering and privation to spread
the good news.
It cost Christian martyrs in all ages their lives for Christ's sake.
More than all this, it cost God the Father, His own Son-He sent the
earth to save men.
It cost Jesus a life of sacrifice and service, a death cruel and
unmatched in history.
Data Source: Fredericksburg Church of Christ, 507
N. Llano St., Fredericksburg TX 78624
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