The Little Town of Bethlehem (part II)

By Odon Bulamba

Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem and His birth was miraculous because the Spirit went into Mary and Mary conceived. The Bible says Mary was a virgin and as you know a virgin cannot become pregnant, but because of God’s power this was possible. The Bible says we are the church of the living God; we are married to Jesus Christ as His wife. Jesus Christ also needs virgins, not women who have two or three husbands but women who are wise (he needs both men and women in Christ to belong to Him 100% and not to belong to this world). The Bible talks about ten virgins that went to meet their lord. There were 5 wise virgins and 5 foolish; we must know how to be the wise virgins. The Bible says in order to be wise we must keep our oil.

What does spiritual oil mean? It means the anointing of the Holy Spirit and also the fear of the Lord; this will make us wise. While Jesus was in Mary’s stomach, Mary met up with Elizabeth who had John the Baptist in her womb. The Bible says they shook hands and something happened, a power not from man but that of the Holy Spirit was hidden in their stomachs, and the two children communicated and this affected their wombs, and Elizabeth started to prophesise. How does something in us transform what we have on our body? When you meet other Christians do you feel that the power of God is in them? How many times does God’s power make you speak of His love?

The Bible says they departed and 6 months later Jesus was born. When Jesus was born angels came down, and as we know in Hebrews an angel is a messenger of God. First the angels visited shepherds, but why? Were they the only ones visited on the whole earth? Yes, they were the only ones ready to receive the Lord, other shepherds were there but would not wait for the coming of the Lord that is why the Bible says we must watch at all times because we don’t know the time or the day. How many Pastors today look after their sheep’s souls? How many husbands look after their wife’s soul? How many wives look after their husband’s souls? You will see that very few people look after other people. The Bible says that when the angels spoke with the shepherds they could see the glory of God, and surely after that they went to see the wise men.

As we know wise men are people who study and people well educated, but through this God wanted to show them that He was God, but what struck me was that they were thirsty to go. Are you thirsty to know the word of God? Are you thirsty to correct the mistakes you have done? Most people say I haven’t been taught this, what I know is that. For example this is strange for me, I cannot lose my faith because of this, but the Bible says the Spirit is here to lead us. Ask the Spirit of God to enlighten you because in the end times many will perish because they lack knowledge.


The Bible says the wise men received the message from the angels and were ready to go. There answer was yes, however this is opposite to Christians today. When God talks to us about something we doubt and don’t have the courage to move on. We first must seek what God tells us and not seek what people think. So the wise men got up and left. Before they left each one took a treasure that had great value. The wise men gave gold, frankincense and myrrh. The Bible says a star led them on their journey; they had someone to lead them as the Bible says that the Spirit will be there to lead us. We must accept that the Spirit of God will lead us wherever we go, we don’t have the power to say no to this Spirit, we have no right to do what we want because we are slaves to Christ and are His prisoners. So the star led them, can you imagine all the stars in the sky, only one of these stars led them. Did the star fall? Was it in front of them? Where was this star in order to lead them?

When the Holy Spirit leads us, in man’s eyes it is hard to understand because they don’t know how the Holy Spirit can lead. They will not know how to interpret it because it is beyond them. The Bible says the wise men went. When they came back from seeing Jesus one of them said lets go and see Herod. Maybe they were employed to observe the stars and watch for the Lord to come, and maybe if they told Herod he would give them gifts. I don’t know if it was for that reason, but the Bible says that they left the star that was leading them and went to Herod. And they spoke with Herod. How many times as Christians do we leave the way that leads us to the Lord Jesus Christ? We always leave the way that leads to heaven and turn ourselves to the kings of this world to receive material things.

When the wise men went to Herod they lost the star. Herod told the wise men to see the child and come back to him, but when they left the star wasn’t there to lead them anymore. Understand that when we leave God’s way to follow the world’s way the power of the Holy Spirit leaves us

SUMMARY

- We must give our lives 100% to God
- To be wise we need the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the fear of the Lord
- We must watch and be ready for the return of Jesus Christ
- We must look after the souls of those around us
- We must be thirsty to know the Word of God and correct our mistakes
- We must be led by the Holy Spirit