Christmas 2004

Christmas is a gift. Christmas is God’s gift, Christmas
is Jesus Christ himself, the allmighty love, the merciful grace,
the divine goodness, which passes all human understanding.
However, in the world around us we can see that any people have
changed Christmas into a business opportunity which has nothing to
do with the celebration of God’s gift, Jesus Christ.
Without Jesus Christ, Christmas is just a winter festival.
The Christmas Feast must be Stairway to Heaven, and a bridge
between God and men, between us on the earth and our predecessors
in heaven.
What is the message of Christmas? The message is distinctly written in
the Holy Scripture: „For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might
be saved.
(John. 3.16-17)
The message of Christmas is the love of God.
What is this love like? Some people might say:
„It is powerful.” Yes it is. Another people might
say:„It is neverending”. Yes, it is.
But it is even more. It is a devoted love and even more.
It is a self-sacrificing love. How can be God self-sacrificing?
The Holy Scripture says: „In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing
made that was made.”
( John. 1.1-3)
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we
beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth.
(John. 1.14)
A child was given unto us, and the child grew man.
He was crucified because he gave himself as sacrifice, as „the Lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin of the world. ”
We have to learn how to practice this self-sacrificing love of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
He teaches us so: „for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls. ”
(Matthew 11.29
This is the Christ’s way of Christmas. Let’s walk with him
with peace and joy everyday of our life !
Rev. Attila L. Gyorgy
If we walk with Jesus, we can have an everlasting Christmas,
not just a two-days-festival of the calendar year.
Our goal will be not to become famous or rich or powerful.
Our goal will be: To put an end to sickness,
starvation, exploitation, poverty and every form of slavery on
the earth. In this way we will be able to
achieve the true Spirit of Christmas:
The true brotherhood of men and the christian peace on earth.
Let us pray for it !