CHRISTMAS QUESTION
On Monday, December 04, 2017 I posed the question “Is it
possible to have authentic Christmas without personal resurrection?”
Responses as of Friday, December 08, 2017:
Several “Nope” or “No” sans any explanation as to why the
responders believes so.
Jim wrote: Ed, "Authentic Christmas" without personal
resurrection would mean your Christmas would be secular Xmas. On the other
hand, I'm not sure what you mean by "personal resurrection" unless
you are referring to being dead to sin and then being spiritually resurrected.
[I do. Jn.3:3; Eph.2:1-10]
Patty
wrote: Good
question, I’m not sure but I think that celebrating Christmas may lead to
personal resurrection. Especially if we are talking about Jesus during the
Christmas season.
Al
wrote: Well our Lord Himself was
resurrected and one day we also will be resurrected physically. At this present time we have been resurrected
in a newness of life but not yet bodily. Without faith it is impossible to
please him [Heb.11:6], so in order for one to have an authentic Christmas one
must have faith that Jesus Christ personally came here in the flesh. That He
came for us by name as an individual and He shed his blood for the remission of
our sins, He was crucified, He was raised from the dead, He ascended into
heaven and is coming back for us one day. I say one can celebrate Christmas as
a holiday, but without a genuine belief that Christ resurrected from the dead
there is no true Christmas.
Summarizing responses from several others; Without John
3:3 rebirth and the resultant “mind of Christ” (1Cor.2:1-16) we cannot spiritually
clearly see the kingdom or King Jesus. Consequently those without personal
resurrection celebrate a cultural Christmas sans trusting belief in the Word
living (Jesus) and written (The Bible).
One punster said without personal John 3:3 rebirth with its
enlightened sight it is like worshipping an orange when you’ve never really
seen or tasted one.
One referred to John 14:1-6 "Let not your
hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would
I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going." Thomas
said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know
the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through me.
Let us prepare
for Christmas in and by the Light of the World, He far more illuminating that
all the tinseled twinkles put together.
EBB4
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