Forget ye not the Cross this Christmas. Though wonderful the hours are that draw nigh to the fifth and twentieth of December, let us not get lost in the cradle and let us remember why Christ came. Even now, as I write this, I am listening to a Christmas performance the which sees Christ as the blessed babe but ne'er once mentions the Cross for which He came.
Lo, Christmas is a time of Joy but also of sorrow. Let us remember the Birth of Christ was that a humble one. He descended from His throne of glory to lay his head in a feeding trough; a manger. He stripped himself of His robes of glory to adorn himself in mortal flesh. He departed from a retinue of angels to be surrounded by the beasts of the earth. Look ye for whence He came; to suffer and die on the Cross. He humbled Himself that that we might live. Let us remember this cold December and glorify Him! Praises on High to Christ who came as a babe in the manger to pay our penalty on the Cross! Let us now worship and glorify Him, our Savior!
Soli Deo Gloria
Patrick Eklektos
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"Patrick", very good post. This year, more so than any other year before, I've really noticed the errors (??) of the way, reason, and means, of how we in America celebrate Christmas. Obviously, we as Christians find the whole commercialized, santa, happy holidays way of celebrating to be completely off base. Yet, sometimes I see the Christians than saying "Baby Jesus is the reason". We say one way of celebrating is wrong yet don't replace it with the accurate way and reason.
ReplyDeleteYes, Jesus did come as a baby. Yes, we as Christians celebrate (and rightfully so) His coming to earth. The errors arise when we celebrate and FOCUS on His infancy, instead of God's Redemption Plan being brought about for His people. The fact that Christ put aside His earthly throne, not only come down and be born in the human race, but He came down, greatly humbled Himself by taking on human form, and came down to DIE. My, what a wonderful, loving, humbling thing to celebrate and give thanks for. In reality, celebrating Baby Jesus' birth is meaningless if we don't celebrate it in context as celebrating a Saviour plan of salvation being fulfilled.
Long winded way of saying, "Right On".
Hm... MacArthur just preached a sermon on this subject:
ReplyDeletehttp://webmedia.gty.org/sermons/High/80-354.mp3