Our Christmas Teaching theme for the year 2025 is CELEBRATE!
That is CELEBRATE with an exclamation point! The word ”celebrate” stems from a Latin word that means “to assemble to honor.” Exactly Who is This One Whom we are assembling to honor and CELEBRATE? He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ. And my text today for our CELEBRATION of The Lord Jesus is one of the most celebratory, Christ exalting passages in all of Scripture, and that is Hebrews 1:1-8.
If I may simplify our theme for this year, it would be this: Jesus Christ IS the Christmas message of Scripture. Do not allow the commercialization of Christmas by this world system deceive you, beloved. The “Christ” of this commercialized world system is a “seasonal” Christ as best, NOT the Eternal, Only Begotten Son of God, Who came to this world to redeem man from their debt and the slavery of sin! And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:14,15). The Lord Jesus Himself said it this way: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18,19).
I am not belittling the blessing of the exchanging of gifts with family and friends. Being together with loved ones is precious indeed. It is what memories are made of. However, let us not forget that the real reason for the CELEBRATION of Christmas and life itself it this: And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord (Luke 2:10,11). SELAH
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