The Daily Word

 

On this Christmas morning, we gather in Church not merely to have fellowship and sing sentimental songs, but to exalt the supreme glory of God in the coming of His Son into the world. The angels declared, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” (Luke 2:14). That glory shines brightest in the cradle of Bethlehem, where the eternal Word became flesh (John 1:14).

We meet as believers to praise the birth of Christ our Saviour. The infinite God took on human frailty, was born of a virgin, laid in a manger—the King of kings entering His creation in humility beyond comprehension. This is the wonder that should ravish our souls: God Himself has come to save sinners.

Yet even as we rejoice in His coming, we dare not isolate the manger from the cross. The baby wrapped in swaddling cloths was born with a purpose: to die. The wood of the manger points forward to the wood of Calvary. As Isaiah foretold, He was “despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief… pierced for our transgressions… crushed for our iniquities” (Isaiah 53:3-5). The peace the angels proclaimed was purchased by the blood of this Child, who would one day cry, “It is finished” (John 19:30).

Therefore, this morning, as we remember His birth, we will also break bread together. In the Lord’s Supper, we proclaim His death until He comes (1 Corinthians 11:26). The bread and cup remind us that the infant King came not to be served, but to give His life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45).

Christmas without the cross is sentimentality; the cross without Christmas is impossibility. Together, they display the fullness of God’s glory in salvation through grace.

Come, then, and let us magnify the Lord who was born to die—and who died to rise—that we might live forever for His praise.

To God alone be the glory.

Article written by Shaun Fereday, Leader @SFGH Church