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THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS
Text: Luke 1:78
I. MANIFESTATION
His incarnation was literally an "enfleshment"—of God assuming a living, bodily form. The child of Mary was of the Holy Ghost. "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world. received up into glory" (I Timothy 3:16).
II. MANGER
Coldly the world, which later cruelly thrust Jesus out on the point of a spear, received Jesus on a pallet cf manger straw. At the manger, we understand the apostle's words: "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty mght be rich" (II Cor. 8:9).
III. MARKING
The lowly birthplace of Jesus was marked by a star. "When they heard the king. they departed; and lo, the star, which they saw in the East, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy" (Matthew 2:9-10).
IV. MUSIC
"And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them" (Luke 2:20).
V. MOURNING
Related tragically are these verses: "When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him."
Some find Christmas a time of mourning because they have no calm in their conscience. The heavenly wind has not blown upon them amid life's fretful fevers.
VI. MEETING
In the birth of Jesus, heaven and earth meet.
Shepherds served and angels sang. We read of "shepherds abiding in the fields," "the angel of the Lord," and "a multitude of the heavenly hosts." The angels went back to heaven. The shepherds went to Bethleham. Heaven and earth were in touch, and heaven took the initiative.
Complied By Evangelist Maze Jackson
