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December 28 Follow-up To The Advent Study #4
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2014
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We have just posted today's follow-up to the Christmas Advent Study series. Now is an excellent opportunity to continue the spiritual discipline of daily Bible reading, study and worship as a family. Just follow the link below to access this in our blog. I pray it is a blessing.
Lessons To Be Learned From Scriptural Advent Mediations
You have been meditating not on the mythologies, speculations and traditions of men but rather the holy, eternal, inerrant written Word of God. As a result you may very well have come to view the revelation of God the Holy Spirit concerning the birth of Christ in an entirely new light. Now is a good time for reflection on lessons learned. Each day read the passage, reflect on the devotional thought and then, if doing this as a family, discuss your conclusions.

3. Stop expecting the world to protect sound doctrine and stop maligning the world for something you have been unwilling to do.

II Corinthians 4:4
“in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

A third lesson is to stop attacking the world for corrupting the meaning of Christmas when we have not taken the time to study the Word of God in an depth manner ourselves. Remember, it is not your local retailers responsibility, it is not Hallmark Cards’ responsibility, it is not the shopping mall’s responsibility, it is not Hollywood’s responsibility to preserve the purity of the doctrine of our faith. In fact it is impossible for the world to know and correctly communicate the true meaning of Christmas. It is our responsibility and ours alone. We cannot expect the unregenerate world system to even understand the gospel, more or less to persevere it in its pristine truth. II Corinthians 4:4 states, “ in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” And again I Corinthians 2:14 teaches us, “ But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.” Do not be angry, do not even be surprised when the fallen world system misses completely the meaning of Christmas. We can expect nothing less. The spotlight turns not upon the world but upon us as Christians. If we cannot score a 100% on this test, then isn’t it is just a little bit hypocritical for us to chide the poor, blind, lost, dying and enslaved world for not knowing and accurately representing the truth concerning the birth of Christ? Remember it is not the responsibility of non-Christian merchants and advertisers to persevere the doctrine of the birth of Christ, rather it is yours.

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