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Have you pondered on the question, “What is the Purpose of Christmas?”
I mean, seriously..
What is the “Real” Purpose of Christmas?
It’s a very very interesting question that we should ask ourselves, why?
Because this is the time of the year when people and the world gets crazy
Traffic Jam
Overbooked flights
Surging prices of commodities
Very busy phone networks
Flooded social media
Shopping Malls are filled with hot-tempered people
Crime rates shoots up, specially crime against properties
And many many more
Isn’t that crazy?
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Despite that every year, what is preached is about Love, Peace and Hope
But the picture that we see surrounding us doesn’t look loving
It doesn’t appear to be peaceful
And surely doesn’t project hope
See, these is what happens when the world tries to remove Christ from Christmas
When people replaces Christ with “X”
When people say “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas”
When people argue about what is politically correct and incorrect
Have you ever been to a birthday party where the celebrant is not around?
Worst is, the celebrant himself is not even invited!
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With my curiosity to hear what people has to say about the purpose of Christmas, I came across this video
Take a listen (show video)
There’s some interesting response we heard from there, right?
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That’s why today, the Lord doesn’t want me to preach on Love, Peace or Hope, why?
Because you already know them
You already received significant information about those things
And it’s time for us to hear something different
Something that leads to transformation
But, before any transformation could ever take place, there should be “Preparation” (everyone say “preparation”)
Cycle of Growth is:
Information
Preparation
Transformation
One cannot go ahead of the other, it should be in this order
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We had celebrated Christmas for the past different number of years depending on how old you are
But, have you ever, truly, considered the “true” purpose of Christmas?
Was there an instance that you’ve used this similar time of the year to Retreat, Reflect and Refresh your sense of reason for the season?
refresh your sense of reason for the season?
Reasons may be easily forgotten specially when living in this culture that finds its center on the things that are seen
But the Bible has this to remind us
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So Church, this season, I’d like to highly encourage you to do something different
Something extra ordinary, in other words, extra from the ordinary
Something beautiful, in other words, full of beauty
I’d like y’all to look at Christmas differently
Not the way how the world sees it to be
But the way how the Bible says it to be
After all, it is not the world who invented Christmas
But instead, it was God who actually created Christmas
It was the day appointed by God that changed everything, literally everything
It even changed the way how your write or cut a check
Every time you put a date on those checks of yours, your reckoning year is the year when Christ was born
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In this month long series entitled “iShare”, we shall discover the true purpose of Christmas
And not just to discover the true purpose of Christmas, but what is rather more important, is to share the real purpose of Christmas
Everybody say “iShare”
Let me begin with this question
What is Advent?
What is the Purpose of Christmas?
Arrival of a Notable Person, Thing or Event
Commemorated by most Christians during the four Sundays that precedes Christmas
There were actually two advents in the life of Christians:
First, is when God incarnate in Jesus, the birth of Christ, the first coming
And second, refers to the second coming of Jesus, the rapture
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This practice may have begun in some churches as early as the late 4th century
It began as a time of fasting, praying and meditating
A time when Sermons are focused on the wonder of Incarnation
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When
How do you Prepare when someone very important is coming to your home?
My story when I visited some folks in the remote village of the town of Jones in the province of Isabela
However, there is a huge huge difference between preparing to receive a “guest”, and preparing the receive a “resident”
Jesus, our life giving Spirit, does not only want to visit you, He wants to live with you!
So, how do you Prepare when someone truly important is coming to your home?
not to visit, but to stay for good...
Well, I’m pretty sure you can come up with a long list of things that you can do
But, what is the first thing that came to your mind?
Who says? will do the groceries!
Raise your hands..
Who says? will cook your special recipe!
Raise your hands..
Who says? will post a welcome banner!
Raise your hands..
Who says? will clean the house!
Raise your hands...
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When was the last time you had a general cleaning of your home?
Last spring?
Supposed it has been twenty years since you moved in to your current home and it’s time for a total make over
To allow for this major major renovation, you’ll be needing to move things around
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