Let us spend this moment, as Christmas day comes, in reflection of God’s infinitely tremendous condescending grace by sending His Son to take up the flesh of sinful man to live among us on this earth, to fulfill the law that we never can and never could, that such righteousness may be imputed to us as our sin be imputed to Him. And in His death He bore the penalty of our sin, the full weight of the wrath of God. And in His resurrection He conquered death for our justification.
Let all the saints shout praise
for the grace of God has come
in the person of His only Son
the sting of death is gone!
He came on earth to live the life
the life we could never live.
Perfectly living God’s law
in His righteousness we are redeemed.
Our death to Him, His life to us
O! it is the great exchange!
Eternal wrath is what was for us
instead in Christ we are given Eternal Grace!
To HIM who loved us long ago,
Before we came to be,
Who left his throne for earth below
To save a wretch like me:
To HIM who freed us from our sin
By dying on the cross,
To make us whole without, within,
Redeemed from dreadful loss:
All praise to Christ from grateful men
Forevermore. Amen.—James Montgomery Boice, Hymns for a Modern Reformation
And just for good fun, let me share with you a parody of the “12 Days of Christmas”, the “12 Days of Calvinism.”
Click here.
Lastly, let me share with you this sermon from Mark Kielar on the origin of Christmas. I encourage you to listen through to the end of the sermon for a discerning word from Pastor Mark whether or not we should celebrate Christmas day.
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