Of all the annual Christian celebrations, Resurrection Sunday and Christmas services are the most anticipated and also garner the largest attendance. Families who frequently stay home on Sundays usually come out in full force, often bringing unbelieving friends and family members. The hope of many Christians is that the Gospel message will bring salvation to the lives of those they welcome to their church home.
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In 2022, Christmas falls on a Sunday. Some churches have chosen to celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Eve and leave Christmas Day for families to worship in their homes. Is that okay?
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Whatever a church decides, the important matter is celebrating and sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ as we invite others who don’t know Him as Lord.
The Old Testament has numerous passages which say, “Praise the Lord.” Often, David is saying this in one of the many Psalms he wrote. The final verse of the last Psalm in our Bible tells us, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.” The New Testament uses the phrase just once in Romans 15:11. Otherwise, we see the word rejoice used in many places when referring to how we are to celebrate the Lord (Philippians 4:4).
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Although Christmas celebrations as we know them did not exist in the early first centuries, by the time of the late second century, there was great interest in keeping a record of when Jesus was born. Pastor Kevin DeYoung says, “The first mention of December 25 as Jesus’s birthday comes from a mid-fourth-century almanac called the Philocalian Calendar.” Ligonier ministries adds, “One of the early church fathers, Chrysostom, right around 400, had a sermon on the nativity. And he said this: ‘Come, let us observe the feast. Truly wondrous is the whole chronicle of the nativity. For this day, the ancient slavery is ended. The devil confounded. The demons take to flight. The power of death is broken. Paradise is unlocked. The curse is taken away. Sin is removed from us. Error driven out. Truth has been brought back.’”
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Christmas is a joyful time for most of the Western world and is filled with time with family and friends, activities, and the giving of gifts (modeling the gifts brought to the Christ Child). It’s easy to get caught up in the wants of gifts and making merry. The pressure to meet all the demands of the holiday season brings much fatigue and sadness to some. But instead, we can embrace and rejoice in the greatest gift ever given — our Lord Jesus — and rest in Him. As we worship in prayer, Bible study and song this Christmas, we can praise the Lord in meaningful worship!
Merry Christmas!
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