Christmas is about “Christ” not “Claus”

Billy Graham, a world-renowned evangelist exclaimed in one of his discourses,

“I’m afraid many people today have lost sight of the original meaning of Christmas. Instead, it has become more and more secular and commercialized, focusing mainly on gift-giving or holiday parties or family gatherings. These aren’t necessarily wrong—but far too often we lose sight of the true meaning of Christmas, and we fail to reflect on the greatest Christmas gift of all: God’s gift of His Son, Jesus Christ, for our salvation.” 

My dear friends Christmas is only about Jesus Christ, whose existence is recorded in history. He is God who came in human form to save sinners like you and me. In the historical records of the Bible one of the gospel writers called Luke puts this information in a logical sequence. You can refer to Luke 1:1-4 in the New Testament Bible. Luke was a physician and a writer who gathered information from eyewitness accounts to create an orderly and detailed narrative of Jesus's life and the early Christian church. He was likely a non-Jew, and his writings often highlight a message of salvation for all people, including the poor and marginalized. The Gospel of Luke was written likely between 60 and 90 CE. The earliest writing compared to any accounts recorded in human history. Jesus’ life is not fiction, mythology or a tale of imagination but an historical account of 40 different authors written in different time periods with one message - the salvation of mankind and the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. 

The greatest miracle of virgin birth is recorded as the greatest event in human history.  Mary conceives and gives birth to Jesus, a prediction fulfilled.  It is a direct fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, primarily Isaiah 7:14 (Bible) was written around 740-700 BCE, where a virgin (Mary) conceives a son named Immanuel, meaning "God with us" as recorded in the Gospels of Matthew & Luke signifying God's miraculous intervention and fulfillment of His promise to be with His people. 

Today, Christmas is merchandized and made into commercial marketing strategy. The story of Jesus is about the hope for man’s sinful condition. But we notice that in all the history of mankind, man tried to reach God by doing all the goods works, practicing all kinds of rituals, finding religious places to smother his guilt incurred from all his sins, yet never found hope for life and assurance of salvation. Man assumes what he is doing for God is acceptable and will draw his favour. The problem of every culture, religion, race, country have their own narration of God. People judge and worship gods based on influential stories and powerful events but rarely based on facts.

People hardly take efforts to know the truth. Because if they did, then they would discover different accounts of the history of gods. We are all comfortable with a story of gods that are not much different from us humans.  Even if you have not read all about Jesus these few facts are the greatest proofs. Jesus’ birth was predicted 750 years ago; the virgin birth of Jesus is the greatest miracle and the prediction of Jesus about His death and resurrection happened. This means the story of Christmas is the story of Hope. If you read the Bible (New Testament) Jesus claimed to be “the way, the truth and the life”. Jesus added, “without me no one comes to the father.” You may want to learn more about Him during this Christmas season.

Advance Christmas Wishes!

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