What does “listen to the music” have to do with Christmas? Well, my answer, beloved, is this. What music are you listening to? Let me explain. According to Billboard Music Charts, some the most popular songs this time of year are “All I want for Christmas is you” by Mariah Carey. “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee. “Its the most Wonderful time of the Year” by Andy Williams. “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby.
I am not here to knock or slam these songs that are favorites this time of year. The problem is this. None of the lyrics of those songs have anything to do with Biblical reason for why Jesus Christ born. And yet for many people, that is what they think Christmas is all about. Parties. Snow. Rudolph. Santa. Family. Giving gifts.
The Lord Jesus declared, “Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things” (Luke 24:46-48). Those words are the reason for the incarnation of Jesus Christ.
In the remembering of the Biblical reason for why Jesus was born we are carrying out the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ. You may have been blessed to have been born into a Christian home, but nobody is born into this world a Christian. God does not have grandchildren. You must be born again. Born from above. If you listen to the words of these songs, “God Rest you Merry Gentlemen” or “O Little Town of Bethlehem” or “Silent Night, Holy Night” or “Mary Did you Know?” you will hear the lyrics that declare the reason for the Incarnation.
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”. God’s gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ is the message of the incarnation. The gospel of Jesus Christ is GOOD NEWS. It is a message of forgiveness of sin that manifests itself in inexpressible joy to the person who repents of their sin and receives Jesus Christ as Lord. Repent and believe the Lord Jesus Christ and you will begin singing a new song. SELAH
