There are some who believe that 25th December is not the birthday of Jesus. It does not really matter. What matters is the purpose of His birth, not the date of it. So why was Jesus born?
Recently, one bank found a bug in Alliance Access with patch 7.0.20 or higher with Message Syntax Table 1105. After removing the FIN-Copy code (e.g. MEP) in a message in the Text Modification application, the code is not removed in the block 3 of the message. But the message will not show the code in the header information, giving users a false impression that the removal is successful. The consequence is that the message is still treated as a FIN-Copy message. This bug was introduced by patch 7.0.20 because Alliance 7.0 was working fine.
Does anyone in their right mind expect the bug in Alliance Access 7.0.20 to go away by itself without a patch from SWIFT?
Why was Christ born?
Answer: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners
Matthew 1:21
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
(ESV)
他将要生一个儿子，你要给他起名叫耶稣，因他要将自己的百姓从罪恶里救出来。」(和合本)
1 Timothy 1:15
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. (ESV)
「基督耶稣降世，为要拯救罪人。」这话是可信的，是十分可佩服的。在罪人中我是个罪魁。(和合本)
Who are the sinners?
Answer: All of us.
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (KJV)
因为世人都犯了罪，亏缺了神的荣耀；(和合本)
Where does sin came from?
Answer: Sin entered the world when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit (Genesis 3:1-24).
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned (ESV)
这就如罪是从一人入了世界，死又是从罪来的；於是死就临到众人，因为众人都犯了罪。(和合本)
Many have protested against this injustice. Why should be bear the consequences of our ancestor’s actions? It is unfair.
When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, sin entered the world and the world became imperfect. Unfairness and injustice are all part of imperfection. And our ancestor’s actions continue to impact us. A father who get AIDS from a prostitute infects his baby with the virus. What sin has the baby committed? Nothing. It is the father’s sin. So when Adam disobeyed God, we become sinners.
But God had made provision for the salvation of the sinner.
Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (KJV)
惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死，神的爱就在此向我们显明了。(和合本)
Mechanics of salvation – propitiation (挽回祭).
1 John 2:2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (KJV)
他为我们的罪作了挽回祭，不是单为我们的罪，也是为普天下人的罪。(和合本)
1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
他被挂在木头上，亲身担当了我们的罪，使我们既然在罪上死，就得以在义上活。因他受的鞭伤，你们便得了医治(和合本)
Christ rose again because He was sinless.
1 Corinthians 15:4
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures: (KJV)
而且埋葬了；又照圣经所说，第三天复活了，(和合本)
All in Christ shall all arise with Him.
1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (KJV)
在亚当里众人都死了；照样，在基督里众人也都要复活。(和合本)
What do we have to do?
Answer: Believe.
Acts 16:31
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (KJV)
他们说：「当信主耶稣，你和你一家都必得救。」(和合本)
Jesus is the only way.
Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (KJV)
除他以外，别无拯救；因为在天下人间，没有赐下别的名，我们可以靠著得救。」(和合本)
Does anyone in their right mind expect the bug in Alliance Access 7.0.20 to go away by itself without a patch from SWIFT?
No. The solution must come from the creator of Alliance Access. Likewise, the solution to sin must come from the creator of the heavens and the earth. Anyone who think that there is another solution is deeply mistaken.
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. (KJV)
只是作恶的和迷惑人的，必越久越恶，他欺哄人，也被人欺哄。(和合本)
The truth is simple. The truth is clear. The truth reflects reality.
Meanwhile, Alliance 7.0.20 all over the world are praying, fasting, chanting, doing charity, climbing mountains, going into pits, making pilgrimages, hoping that they can solve the bug without intervention from their creator, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
John 3:16-18
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (KJV)
「神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不至灭亡，反得永生。 因为神差他的儿子降世，不是要定世人的罪（或作：审判世人；下同），乃是要叫世人因他得救。信他的人，不被定罪；不信的人，罪已经定了，因为他不信神独生子的名。(和合本)
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