Merry Christmas!
As we approach Christmas, it’s important to remember what this season is about. In a word, Christmas is about Christ. Christmas is about Christology. Christmas is about the Father sending his Son, the Christ, into the world through the work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is God and man, two complete natures joined in his one person.
The incarnation is central to the Christian gospel. Unless Jesus is fully God and man, he could not accomplish our salvation. This is why it is so fitting to celebrate Christmas — it is the foundation and fulfillment of our hopes.
The wider culture (e.g., Hollywood) has been largely successful in turning Christmas into a humanistic celebration, full of sentimentality. The culture, at best, treats Christmas as a celebration of family or “the human spirit.” We must reject such non-sense. The only reason the world should rejoice this time of year is that (as Isaac Watts’ paraphrase of Psalm 98 puts it), “the Lord has come.”
May your Christmas be filled with joy unspeakable and the peace that passes understanding!
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