Dear Editor:
As a Bible-believing Christian, I would like at this time to remind my brothers and sisters that we don't have to make a big deal about Christmas because nowhere in scripture does it indicate the father wanted us or expected us to have a festival for Christ's birth.
We do not worship at a manger but at the cross.
The salient features of Christ's covenant with us are this:
? 1. God elected to choose a son, and the Son went forward.
? 2. God elected the being that would become Jesus to be his Son: "Today I have become your father, today you have become my son" and "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool under your feet."
? 3. The Christ was set above his brethren by the anointing of the oil of joy and
? 4. God elected to perfect Him through suffering, hence
? 5. Jesus was crucified and
? 6. resurrected on the third day.
The birth story is a footnote to this covenant; that's why I laugh out loud when persons start debating the source of the heavenly light.
It doesn't even matter if we know exactly when or where He was born.
The important part is that He was chosen, just as the Jews were (and remain) chosen; and just as those of us who were not a people were called to be a people.
So. Lighten up on Christmas. Only believe. Only love.
Merry Christmas.
James Witwicki, by email
