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Americans love/hate the holiday season!

• Feel good season
• Candy, food, gifts
• Family gatherings

• Loneliness/depression
• Materialism
• Family feuds

616 Billion estimated spending in overall
holiday shopping in 2014
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Do You Think Christians Should Celebrate
Christmas?
King James Bible News (Dec. 23,
2012)http//kingjamesonline.org/what-do-christian
s-really-believe-about-christmas/christians-celebr
ating-christmas-2/
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Do You Believe December 25 is the true day that
Jesus Christ was born?
King James Bible News (Dec. 23,
2012)http//kingjamesonline.org/what-do-christian
s-really-believe-about-christmas/december-25-jesus
-birthday/
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The Great Christmas Debate

• NO!

• YES!

• No Bible Authority
• Col. 316

• ChristianLibertyRom. 145

Yes, but No - National/ secular celebration.
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The Apostle Paul said

• Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and
  strife, and some also from goodwill The former
  preach Christ from selfish ambition, not
  sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my
  chains but the latter out of love, knowing that
  I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
  What then? Only that in every way, whether in
  pretense or in truth, Christ is preached and in
  this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.
  (Philippians 11518)

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The Lord Has Come!
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Facts are Facts There was great joy when Jesus
came into this world!

• Rejoicing from Elizabeth and her babe/John. Luke
  139-44
• Wise men/magi/astrologers came to worship the
  King of the Jews. Matthew 21-2
• An angel declares good tidings of great joy
  with the announcement of the Messiah. Luke 28-11

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The Good News for this world

• Without the birth of Christ, there would be no
  death, burial and resurrection for us to
  remember.
• But, through Christs birth
• Fulfillment of prophecy. Isa. 96-7 Matt.
  122-23
• A life lived among us, as one of us. Heb. 414-16

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Paraphrase of Psalm 984-9

• Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth
  make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
  Let the floods clap their hands let the hills be
  joyful together before the LORD for he cometh to
  judge the earth with righteousness shall he
  judge the world, and the people with equity (vv.
  4-9).