Moment 24: The Ghost of Christmas Past

Well, it’s time for stingy old Ebenezer Scrooge to show up again on TV and find himself confronted with the frightening Ghost of Christmas Past.

We’re all haunted, though, by our own ghosts from the past, and Christmas can make them even more haunting. Broken relationships, broken hearts, and broken promises. The nagging guilt of our past mistakes just keeps coming back.

But that’s why Jesus came. In announcing His birth, God said, “He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:22 ). All the sins of all your past were paid for when God’s Son died on the cross. When He said, “Father, forgive them” on that cross, He was including you. If you’ll trust Jesus to be your Savior from your sin, He will forgive every sin of your life and set you free.

If you want to begin your personal relationship with Jesus, someone’s been waiting to come into that relationship. He has been waiting throughout your life. This can be your first Christmas to be free from the ghosts of the past, because Jesus has set you free.