CHRISTMAS SYMBOLISM

“And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”  Luke 2:10-12

The specific thing as Christians we need to realize that our greatest gift of all time is Christ’s birth; God’s incredible, merciful, loving present to humanity. The ever present liberal media desires so greatly to affect our faith during this time of year; spouting out negatives and improbabilities, and historical errors. “December 25th was in no way the actual birthday of Jesus”, no, probably not. And so what? The date was never mentioned in any Biblical fashion, sometime in our far past this date and time of the year was chose to honor His birth. We shouldn’t be anxious in the questioning of this, simply because it is really immaterial. This date was first recorded in A.D. 354 and under Roman emperor Justinian, recognized as an official holiday. However by modern astronomers and meteorologists it has been a probability that this couldn’t be the actual date. We know our Christ was born and through only Him we achieve our salvation. “Mary was far along in her pregnancy and still traveled so far from Nazareth to Bethlehem, a 80 mile trip and through the treacherous area of Samaria”, yes, and your point is?? “The actual year is incorrect as well because the actual census for taxing that was mentioned in Luke did not fall in the suggested birth year of the Savior.” I do not feel that anywhere in scripture does it offer an absolute value of certainty, thus, once again it truly is irrelative in the proof of Christ’s birth. From supposed astrology verification to various reliable sources, the liberal media can cast doubts on the actual date, however, they are certainly unable to cast any doubts on the reality of His birth.  December 25th is only a symbol, a symbol just like the cross. Our symbols can be dissected and discredited, but…., our Savior did and does exist, He was born from Mary, breathed in life from His Father, born to be crucified as a sacrifice for our salvation. And.., you know what? That is all the truly matters!

FLEE FROM SEXUAL IMMORALITY

“All  things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything. Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for the food-and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!  Or do you not know that he who is joined  to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.    1 Corinthians 6:12-19

The one issue which I want to discuss from this scripture is the one section which is in italics. Our culture obviously takes no heed to the meaning of this verse, for they so easily compromise their soul for fleshly/carnal pleasures. The realization and the understanding of this verse should awaken conscience of the sinner. For every individual who has had sexual relationship with another, have they not made that person a part of themselves? Have they not occupied their soul with a part of another soul. And, in doing so, do they not compromise the true sanctity of a possible marriage in the future? How can one and one become one in flesh when they were previously partly absorbed by another? We wonder why our divorce rate is so high? We cheat our future spouse by our indiscretions in our past…