Christmas bible study4/2/2023 ![]() ![]() (The 12 days of Christmas connect the two dates.) But by the 4 th century, they celebrated Jesus’ birth when the Romans were busy with their own feasts-Dec. The early Christians celebrated the resurrection, not the birth of Jesus. God delivered on that promise when Jesus was born. Christmas is the celebration of God making good on a promise He had made hundreds of years earlier that a child would be born who would be both God and man. ![]() The first gift is that of love-God’s love. Her book had seven gifts-too many for me to use! So, I took three of the gifts-love, life, and joy- and put my decorations in groups matching the gift along with a descriptive card. Then, she related each gift to the traditions we have for celebrating Christmas. ![]() Recalling a book I read years ago called The Gifts of Christmas by Rachel Hartman, I remembered the author had taken the parts of the biblical Christmas story and considered them to be gifts (music, wonder, love…). When I got out my decorations, I asked myself, “What message do I want to give to the women as they come into my home?” Decorating is work I wanted it to be meaningful! Over the years, I had collected a bunch of odds and ends stuff-mostly things given to me by my mom, our kids, or found in the attics of houses we bought. Several years ago, I hosted a neighborhood Christmas luncheon. And, it’s more fun when we celebrate because of gratitude as we remember God’s gifts to us embodied in our Christmas celebrations. Is it really worth the trouble?įor those of us who are Christ followers, if we are going to spend the effort and money, it seems that we should do so with purpose and not just follow tradition. God doesn’t command it, nor do we earn brownie points for doing so. Christmas is hard work and expensive! We celebrate Christmas because it is tradition and part of our culture. ![]()
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