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When Christ, God manifest in flesh, was born, this world had “no room” for Him (
Luke 2:7
7
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. (Luke 2:7)
). “He is despised and rejected of men” (Isa. 53:3). They said, “Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him” (John 19:15). “And they crucified Him” (
Matt. 27:35
35
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. (Matthew 27:35)
).
This world is guilty of the murder of the Son of God.
Having gotten rid of Him they
now
rejoice “and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another” (
Rev. 11:10
10
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. (Revelation 11:10)
). It is the same principle as garnishing the sepulchers of the righteous whom their fathers had killed (
Matt. 23:29,31
29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, (Matthew 23:29)
31
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. (Matthew 23:31)
), or as though Cain, after murdering his brother, had made Abel’s birthday a day of special festivities! Thus the Christ-rejecting world makes a great annual to-do over the imaginary birthday of the holy Son of God! They borrow and profane His blessed name to indulge their fleshly pleasures: “The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain” (
Ex. 20:7
7
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. (Exodus 20:7)
).
Beware, vain world. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked” (
Gal. 6:7
7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7)
). He will shortly make inquisition for the blood of His Son.
It vexes us to see the ungodly hilariously entering into the celebration of Christmas without any conscience as to their sins nor any heart for the Saviour. The same can be said about the mass of baptized profession that have never passed from death unto life (
John 5:24; 1
24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24)
John 3:14
14
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: (John 3:14)
). But it hurts to see those who are “children of light” (
Eph. 5:8,1417
8
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (Ephesians 5:8)
;
Phil. 2:15
15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; (Philippians 2:15)
; 1 Thess. 5:510; 1 Peter 2:9) in ignorance or indifference as to the evil origin of this tradition, carried along with the current, trying to make the best of it — perhaps by using some verse of Scripture, or by ministering to the needy, or by singing Christmas carols. (See
Deut. 12:8
8
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. (Deuteronomy 12:8)
;
Rom. 12:2
2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:2)
).
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