Is Christ Missed in Your “Christmas” Celebration
© 2022 by Tom Boynton (editing by Kathy Boynton)
During the so-called “Christmas season,” most consumer oriented businesses work overtime to increase profits. Consumers are almost hypnotized by ads encouraging them to buy more and larger toys. “Santa Clause” is often presented as the great toy giver for all to emulate. Songs about Santa Clause endow him with attributes belonging to God alone. He sees all. He’s omnipotent in his ability to create and distribute toys. He’s omnipresent as he distributes all those toys on Christmas Eve. The desire for toys replaces a desire for Christ the Savior.
We seldom hear much about Christ, the original motivation for these celebrations. In fact, mentioning Christ is forbidden in many classrooms of this country. The erroneous reason given for this prohibition is “separation of church and state.”
Who is Christ and why did He come? Christ is God, the Son. Adam’s sin had introduced every future member of the human race to the curse of death.
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” (Romans 5:12)
God wasn’t obligated to rescue man from this curse of death to which Satan, the serpent, had tempted him. Yet, He offered His Son, Jesus Christ, as a substitute to bear man’s deserved punishment of eternal death. Christ’s coming was prophesied by God shortly after Adam and Eve sinned.
“And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:14-15)
Notice: Christ would bruise the head of Satan thereby sentencing him to eternal damnation in the “lake of fire.” (Revelation 20:10) Notice further that Christ’s “heel” would be bruised as Christ died on the cross and rose again. He did this to save His people from their sins.
This promise was later reiterated to Abraham, one of Eve’s descendents.
“Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.” (Galatians 3:16)
Christ the Savior was the wonderful promised “seed” of this prophesy.
Millennia later, Christ was born. Angels heralded His arrival as they addressed the shepherds watching their sheep.
“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2:13-14)
God’s gift of His Son arrived as the virgin born baby Jesus. This gift totally outshines all other gifts given during what we call “the Christmas season”. Have you missed Christ the Savior because of the many irrelevant activities trying to distract your thoughts from Him?
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