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I have always loved the Christmas season. I love the decorations, lights and of course the food. But as I get older one thing I also have grown to appreciate is the music. Yes, there are plenty of annoying “Christmas songs” that seem to be on constant repeat, but there are also a surprising number of religious songs that are sprinkled into our very secular age. I love it when I hear someone famous belt out the words to O Holy Night while I stand in the checkout line in Walmart. John Dwight penned the words to this famous carol. The words “Long lay the world in sin and error pining Till He appears and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope—the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn,” these words resonate with us still today. The world is weary and we so long for hope. Hope is what Christmas is all about. The birth of Jesus was the culmination of hope. The people of God had been longing and waiting for the promised Messiah. The one who would restore Israel and fulfill the promises of God. Jesus’ birth, the announcement by the angels to the shepherds, the visit of the wisemen were all in celebration of the long-awaited hope. For us today hope has arrived in the person of Jesus Christ. He brings us hope because he offers us a restored relationship with God. The child born in Bethlehem came to save His people from their sins. Our sins get in the way of relationship, they make a mess of them and often break them. Our sin ultimately broke our relationship to God but Jesus came that he would save us from our sins and make a way for us to be reconciled to God. A vivid childhood memory of mine is a phone call my dad received on Christmas morning. It was one of his employees calling to wish him a Merry Christmas and to tell him he had received the best Christmas gift ever. The evening before he had attended a Christmas Eve service, heard the message of Jesus, repented of his sins and trusted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. This Christmas, if you find yourself weary, may I simply ask you to listen to the message of the songs that sing of Jesus the new born king. He asks not for your presents underneath the Christmas tree nor your expensive dinner, nor milk and cookies. He simply asks you to believe in Him. I will leave you with lyrics from another song, Hark! the Herald Angles Sing “born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth.” This Christmas instead of worrying about giving the perfect gift may you instead receive the perfect gift—the gift of God’s only Son who has come to give you life, the forgiveness of your sins, and the promise of eternal life with Him. “She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” —Matthew 1:21 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.—John 3:16 Pastor Corey Mitchell of Winfield Baptist Church 570-524-2735 www.WinfieldBaptist.com Pastor Derek Van Ruler of Sunbury City Church 570-495-4926 www.SunburyCityChurch.com Pastor Chapin Jones of Grove Community Church in Selinsgrove www.ChurchintheGrove.com Bingaman & Son Lumber and Staff, wish you a joyous Christmas
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