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question perhaps arises in a believer's mind because the
celebration of Christmas in today's Western society has been
degraded, and is seemingly a time when many over-indulge in
drink and other forms of licentious behaviour. However, this
need not be the case for the Christian. After all, the birth of
Christ was a time when many at that first Christmas bowed the
knee in reverence and praised God that His beloved Son had come
into the world, however the exact day of His birth may not be
known; it is to be able as believers to set aside a day in
common with others to remember His coming and to thank God for
His unspeakable gift.
It is also a
time of opportunity for gospel witness, reminding others that
Christ, as Jehovah the Saviour, came for the sole purpose of
going from the manger to the cross to redeem sinners. The
trappings of the Christmas festival mixed up as they are, need
not therefore distract believers from testimony to and
thankfulness for 'The Gift of Gifts, all other Gifts in one'.
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