Read: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Are you getting tired of Christmas already? Stores put their Christmas displays up in September and they’ve been piping in Christmas music since Thanksgiving-maybe before! It’s tempting to think that in just ten more days you won’t have to hear the same old songs over and over. That’s too bad because an important theme pops up in a lot of Christmas songs-the virgin mother and her baby.

Did you ever stop and wonder why God’s Son would need to be born of a virgin? You could certainly say He already has a Father-God Almighty-so He doesn’t need a human father. But there’s another important reason.

When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit they changed completely. They became self-centered and evil and passed their poisonous nature to each of their children at conception. Each generation of mothers and fathers continues passing this sinful, selfish nature on to their children.

Since God’s Son had to be perfect and spotless to save us, the Son of God was conceived and born of the virgin Mary without a human father. Since He was a perfect, faultless human, that Son could take our place and suffer His Father’s punishment on the cross for all our sins.

So even if you’re getting tired of hearing the same old Christmas songs over and over, keep your ears open for the message of the virgin-and her Son-who came to save us from all our sins.