Six Days before Christmas!

Honoring Christ in Christmas

“And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost”” (Luke 19:9-10)

Dear friend, there is no greater message than the message of salvation. Author Michael Hilton, in his book entitled Christless Christianity (2008), he writes:

“It is easy to become distracted from Christ as the only hope for sinners. Where everything is measured by our happiness rather than by God’s holiness, the sense of our being sinners becomes secondary, if not offensive. If we are good people who have lost our way but with the proper instructions and motivation can become a better person, we need only a life coach, not a redeemer.
We can still give our assent to a high view of Christ and the centrality of his person and work, but in actual practice we are being distracted from “looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith” (Heb. 12:2).” (15-16)

According to Dr Horton, a systematic theology professor at Westminster Seminary California, “Christians have always had their differences, but never in church history have there been so many statistics indicating that many Christians today are practicing what can only be described as “Christless Christianity.”” With Christmas fast approaching it becomes even more apparent that many would like Christ to be absent from the holiday. From the marginalization of Christian faith in the public square, to the absence of Merry Christmas in major department stores, Christ is being removed from the Christmas holiday in America. Christian friend, I want to encourage you to keep Christ in Christmas and the best way to that is to not only proclaim Him in the market place but to daily let His light shine through your life. And if you have not committed your life to Christ, this Christmas accept His free gift of salvation and welcome Him into your heart.

May Christ find room in your heart for Him this Christmas! With six days left, remember that December 25 and any other day it is all about Christ the Lord.