Can you believe that it is already Christmas!? Wow…I thought 2013 had
just started and here we are singing “Deck the Halls!” Phew…time flies faster
than Usain Bolt! As another Christmas comes, I find myself trying to think of
another passage to preach on. I thought I had just done this but it was a year
ago. So…what do I preach on? Jesus being born? Done that. The wise men? Done that.
Herod’s wrath? Done that. Man…every corner of this story has been covered already…what
in the world can I preach on that would be fresh and interesting?!
“Remember Jesus Christ.” Hmmm. I read that in my quiet time this
morning. Not a very original thought at all…but so powerful in its simplicity, isn’t
it? Remember Jesus Christ. Been said a million times and yet it still
speaks…just like Christmas. Been through it almost fifty times now…but it
still speaks. Every year I read the same
Advent stories, sing the same carols and light the candle with the rest of
you…but it never gets old. Still powerful and still simple. Christmas is about
remembering Jesus Christ.
Christmas cries out the same line every year, “Remember Jesus Christ.”
Remember Jesus Christ when the washer and dryer break down. Remember Jesus Christ
when the kids slip on the ice and cut their knees. Remember Jesus Christ when
the cousin who hates you continues to slur your name to the rest of the family.
Remember Jesus Christ when the promotions are given out and you’re on the outside.
Remember Jesus Christ when…
Christmas is God’s way of saying that I am IN THIS WITH YOU! Remember
me! You are not alone! I have gone through much – raised from the dead, descended
from David – in order to cry out to you how much I love you. I don’t forget
you… remember me! Isn’t this the glorious gospel that the angels declare each
Christmas?! Remember Jesus Christ because He has remembered us and He never
gets tired of us! What a Savior we serve!
“Joy to the world, the Lord has come! Let earth receive her King!”
Remember Jesus Christ!
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.
2 Corinthians 5:20
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