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For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. (Isaiah 9:6-7 NKJV).
Why do Christians celebrate Christmas when it isn’t in the Bible to do (and it is not in the Bible not to do so) and nobody knows the exact date which Jesus was born which is obviously not December 25th?
Christmas is a combination of two Greek words; Christ (the Anointed one) and mass (festival) so Christmas is the celebration of the Anointed One who is our King.
Why do we celebrate Christmas when we know JESUS wasn’t born on December 25th? We celebrate CHRIST because
He is the promised Messiah (Isaiah 9:6).
He is our everlasting King.
He is our Saviour.
He is our Reddemer. (Isaiah 43)
He was born for own sake.
He was the One who die for our sins.
He was the One who rose on the third day.
He was the One who ascended into the heavenlies to be our Great Advocate.
He is our hope without Him, we are nothing.
He is a healer of our souls, spirits and bodies.
He is God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, The Apostels, Church Fathers past and present.
He is our provider.
He is our protector.
He is our promoter.
He is the One we are expecting.
He is our life – the very being of our existence. (Acts 17:28).
He is YAHWEH.
Those are the reasons why we celebrate Christmas despite knowing that He was not born of 25th December (no law said you must celebrate your birthday on the exact day).
But let me caution you it is not all those suppossed Christians that are truly celebrating Christmas because swindlers, drunkers, liars, fornicators, adulterers
murderers, unbelievers and sinners are not celebrating Christmas no matter how big their bible names sound, how large and elaborate their christmas trees are and how prepared they are.
It is only those that are truly born again that are truly celebrating it. However, they maybe rich or poor, lettered or unlettered, living in palace or village, with bible name or not, with christmas trees set up or without, beautiful or not and prepared or not.
WHAT DO WE DO ON CHRISTMAS DAY?
– celebrate Christ
– put on our best clothes
– go to church
celebrate therein
visit the less privileged
visit the orphanages
eating and merry with our families
send gifts to our loved ones
visit the prison
evangelise our neighborhood
spread love abroad
rest
and so much more
For us, the celebration is everyday.
Jesus birthday can only be celebrated by His family members as all other celebratees who are not His family are just unrecognised noisemakers.
Do you want to join JESUS family? You want to be born again, just say this little prayer, ‘Dear Lord, thank You for coming and dieing for me, forgive me of my sin, I accept you as my Lord and Savior today. In Jesus name I pray (Amen).
Welcome to Jesus’ family.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
SHALOM.
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