CHRIST’S BIRTH ON DECEMBER 25?

There is nothing against the celebration of Christ’s birth on the 25th of December, but there is much against the way it is celebrated by the Roman Catholics, many Protestant churches, and the world in general. We should listen to the exhortation of the Lord Jesus Christ - “But ye shall not be so” (Luke 22:26). We should celebrate Christmas in another way, and not in a way of drunkenness, dancing, and evergreens.

Above the place where it is thought that Christ was born, a church has been built. Most of the religion in that church is Roman Catholic and there is much idolatry, but one thing is very significant. The door by which you enter the church is so low that even a dwarf would have to bow before he could enter. The symbol of this door is true and biblical. To celebrate the birth of Christ, it is necessary to bow. Only when we bow down as a guilty sinner at the cradle of Bethlehem will we celebrate the genuine feast of Christ’s birth. We must stoop and humble ourselves. Then it will happen that the more we see of the wonder of God’s love manifested in the birth of Christ, the lower we will bow and the more we will understand of the song of the angels: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward man.”

I hope that the Lord will grant us such a celebration of the birth of Christ.

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