Midweek Messages
December 15, 2021
This Sunday is:
The 4th Sunday of Advent
This week’s sermon will be:
Why?
This week’s readings are:
Message:
How to Keep Christ in Christmas
Every Year Complaints
- Secularized Celebrations – all the way back to the Pilgrims!
- Competition for Attention
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Hanukkah
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Kwanzaa
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New Year
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“Holidays” – a hypersensitivity toward giving
offense
- X-mas
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First letter of Christ in Greek is “X”
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Christians have used this abbreviation all the
way back to the early church.
- Getting the Cart Before the Horse
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Charity – “If you want to keep Christ in
Christmas ….”
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A Christmas Carol by Dickens
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Makes Christmas into another thing you do – Law
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Remember that Christmas is about what God has
done for you – Gospel
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Luke 2:10 – Good news, great joy, unto you …
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Isaiah 9:6 – To us …
o Is charity a good way to observe this good news? YES!
Keep Christ in Christmas – Some suggestions
- Go to Church.
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Christmas Eve – 4:30, 7, 9:30 p.m. at Gloria
Dei.
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Christmas Day – 10 a.m.
- Spend time in the Word and prayer
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Read Luke 2 and pray about what you read.
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Daily Devotions – LHM
Child of the Promise
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My Advent
Calendar
- Consider your Christmas Carols
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Hippopotamuses, Silver Bells, and Mele
Kalikimaka. Fun!
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Carols and hymns that proclaim Christ.
- Do something for Jesus’ sake.
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Charity.
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Volunteer.
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Give gifts.
o Let it flow from joy and faith.
Christmas is about Jesus.
- Incarnation
- Fulfilling the Promise
- Matthew 1:21 – He will save His people from their sins.
One more recommendation to keep Christmas well – Receive the
Lord’s Supper
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