Greetings to our radio friends on the happiest season of the year We would seek to exalt the greatest gift that heaven has sent to earth. It was God's only begotten Son who descended from the hills of glory to be born in the city of Bethlehem. In lowliness and in poverty, he came to do the Father's will. Joy came to the world when Christ brought to us poor, helpless sinners a full and a free salvation. I trust you will be able to listen as we seek to sing his praises and speak well of him. to victory here. We care upon the sky. The angels of the king, the king, the merry old man. Oh, we will try to meet your grace, by star in I will pray. And oh, praise the Lord, thank you, the Christ of all the All right, you can't be dead. Be there, all angels pray. And I will never pray in Christ. Oh, come and be not there. Good day, you'll part of their death. forever let us be a girl. We'll make a sign and let it be, the Christ of all the world. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, thank you. In Micah chapter five, the birthplace of Christ is foretold. Listen to verse two. But thou Bethlehem, Ephrata, thou that are of little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come forth unto me, that is to be ruler in Israel, whose going forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Isaiah seven fourteen. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel. Isaiah nine, verse six, For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, of the increase of his government in peace, there shall be no end. Where is our Father, our Father our soul? To bring forth our Savior, we shall be behold. To be our Redeemer, of their well and clean. Is heaven's penetration, and heaven of thee? Is there for thee there is the sorrow of God? By the kingdom of the Saviour was born of his blood. If God sent an angel from heaven so high, To serve and forsaken in his heavenly life, And gave him so long to his sorrow to say, Jesus and Savior, the Lord of His day. If they thought he gave me, let's all go aside. My Jesus and Savior, the Lord of his day. Christians awake, salute the happy mourn, whereon the Savior of mankind was born. Rise to adore the mystery of love, which hosts of angels chanted from above. With them the joyful tidings first begun of God incarnate and the Virgin's Son. Then to the watchful shepherds it was told, who heard the angelic hurled voice, Behold, I bring good tidings of a Savior's birth you and all the nations upon earth. This day hath God fulfilled his promised word. This day is born a Savior, Christ the Lord. He stake and straightway the celestial choir in hymns of joy unknown before conspired. The praises of redeeming love they sang, and heaven's whole Lord with alleluia's rang. God's highest glory was their anthem still. peace upon earth, and unto men good will. To Bethlehem straight the enlightened shepherds ran, To see the wonder God had brought for man, And found with Joseph and the blessed maid her son, the Savior, in a manger laid. Then to their flocks, still praising God returned, And their glad heart with holy rapture burned. O may we keep and ponder in our mind God's wondrous love in saving lost mankind. He that was born upon this joyful day around us all his glory shall display. Saved by his love, incessant we shall sing. Eternal praises to heaven's almighty king. An angel brought it down from heaven When all the world in darkness lay A great eternal name name of everlasting fame, name of Jesus, blessed Jesus, Lord, the name was ever given. whereby we must be saved. It is a wonderful name, a life-giving name, that the angels draw from heaven. No name in all the world like Jesus, sweet harmony of love and grace. It brings with tender soul other names have never known. name of Jesus blessed Jesus though the name was ever given whereby we must be saved is a wonderful name, a life-giving name, that the angels run from heaven. Our gracious Father, we thank thee for that wonderful person, the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank thee for the fact that he meets our soul's deep need. Many of us can thank thee that he became our Savior and we think of those who have never trusted him and pray they may do so ere their loss and away from thee for a long eternity. Receive of our thanks and bless this broadcast and we ask in Jesus' name. Amen. Oh, he stood on you, my king. Peace on heaven, mercy on us. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, God, our heavenly Father, our blessed angel came. When the soothed and shepherd was riding of the same, the man is blessed in his own form, the Son of God by name. Oh, the reigning of God, the Lord and His Lord, the reigning of God, the reigning of God, We are not distant, the angel, but nothing new of Christ. This day is for the Savior of the Word. Oh, we will lead you back with no more friends of praise and joy. Oh, guiding the song of God and joy. Thank you, dear Lord, sweetly, sweetly, all the way. Let's bow down and say one, thank you, Lord. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, In every nation where Christianity is acknowledged, the Christmas day is considered the brightest spot on the calendar. The children talk about it a month or two in advance. The business man prepares for it nearly a year in advance. Family circles plan their reunions, the sick and the aged are visited, and everyone makes a special attempt to spread joy and happiness. But the man of the world seems to have a very limited capacity to enter into the true meaning of the coming of Christ. For the unsaved person there is the holly, the tinsel, the colored lights, but not much beyond. For the true light of the world has not been allowed to enter the heart. As soon as the gaiety of the season is passed, the unsaved person must go back to a very monotonous life. In sharp contrast, the true believer finds the heart going out anew and afresh in praise and adoration, for he is able to enter into the true meaning of the coming of Christ into the world. Those who know Christ as Lord and Savior are taught to make no exceptions to special days. Every day to the born-again believer should be a day of opportunity to proclaim the riches of God's grace in the person of God's beloved Son. As Christians, we recognize the fact that there is no instruction in the Holy Scriptures for the celebration of Christ's birth. In fact, no one can give us the exact date of his birth. In the history of the early church, there is no record of any such celebration, but somewhere down the line a suggested date was given, and this proposed day has at least served the purpose. even though no one can prove that December the twenty-fifth is the actual day of Immanuel's birth. The great and important fact that is emphatically announced in the Bible is that in the fullness of time God clothed himself in human flesh and came down to earth in the person of his Son. It would seem as though God considered former means of communicating his mind to his creatures as rather inadequate. So Christmas to the child of God marks the beginning of a new and more blessed revelation of God. This time he is speaking in simple language so that everyone can understand. In John's Gospel, one's first thought is that he does not say much regarding the birth of Christ, but closer observation leads one to discover that he does say a great deal in a few words. His sublime account is couched in five words. The Word was made flesh. Ordinarily you don't write the word W-O-R-D with a capital W. But if you have a good Bible, you will find in John one fourteen a capital W. It is not a printer's mistake. It is so written because it is the name of a person. God's Son is called the capital W-O-R-D. It's a very suggestive name. We think of words as a means by which knowledge is communicated. And Jesus Christ came to proclaim the knowledge of God. He came as the Word. The Word was made flesh. It is true that the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork, but no person can be fully known by his works. God's heart of love and his desire to redeem lost and guilty sinners could only be expressed in one of the Godhead coming down to earth. In order to redeem sinners, he had to have a body. And in his incarnation a body was given to Christ, that in that same body he might suffer and bleed and die for my sins. Christ might have come into the world as a full-grown man, but God chose to send him by way of a virgin birth. His holy sinless life gave value to his atoning sacrifice. We must ever remember that the Christmas story has no value except when it is linked with the crucifixion and Easter story. If Herod had been successful in slaying Christ while he was under two years of age, his coming would have been in vain. When Christ was twelve years of age he was missing for three days in Jerusalem. Let us suppose that his mother and foster father had never found him, and he would have mysteriously disappeared. the purpose of his coming would have been in vain. Supposing again that after he began his public ministry while in his thirties, that his enemies who sought to kill him would have been able to do it. A murdered Christ, without going to the cross and dying for our sins, would have marked his visit to the earth a complete failure. The value of his coming to Bethlehem is found in the sequel to the story when he died on Calvary's cross for your sins and mine. After remaining in the tomb until the third day, God raised him from the dead, and soon after that he called him back to heaven. His cycle was completed. If I didn't know the full story of the purpose of his coming, I doubt seriously that I would be able to worship a mere newborn baby. All newborn babies are wonderful, but why should I worship any one of them? I can only worship the Christ child because He loved me and died for me. I was hell-bound, like every other child of Adam's race. But Christ, through His death and resurrection, has given to me everlasting life, and now I am heaven-bound, and that means everything to me. I find no difficulty in saying, Oh, come, let us adore Him. If I didn't know Him as my personal Savior, I would not be able to adore him as Christ the Lord. I might be able to admire him. I might have nothing against him. But only those who know him as Lord and Savior can worship him. It is some of Satan's subtleness to call more attention to the birth of Christ than to the death of Christ. It is his death that atones for sin. And it is because he would do such a thing as die on the cross for us that makes his birth so amazing. The angel's message to Joseph before the birth of Christ was, Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins, and that is made possible only by his sacrificial death and resurrection. When the fullness of time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that he might receive the adoption of sons. The New Testament tells us that the birth of Christ was a great mystery. First Timothy three sixteen. And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness. God was manifest in the flesh. Human wisdom will never be able to explain it. But faith believes it, because it is in God's infallible word. Through faith we understand. The great mystery of his incarnation is in the fact that in human affairs Love is only extended to the good and loving, but God's love gift was given to the most undeserving, to sinners, and we all are found in that class. The wise men who came to worship Christ when he was about two years old did not exchange gifts, but they brought their gifts and presented them to the Christ child. Usually the one whose birthday is celebrated is the one who receives the gift. How would you feel? if your friends decided to have a birthday party on your birthday, and they exchanged gifts with one another, and went home without presenting a gift to you. What have you given to Christ on this season of his celebrated birthday? If you are unsafe, perhaps you ask, what would he desire? The answer is found in his word. He wants you. He will accept nothing else from you until you present yourself. He wants to save you from your sin. There is nothing that would please him any more than if he would hear you say, Just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me and that thou bid'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come. He is just now extending his loving arms of sympathy to you, to save you from sin, to love and befriend you. We have a Savior. who has proven in the lives of countless millions that he satisfies all the cravings of the human heart. If you will accept by simple faith this wonderful Savior, he will meet your need, whatever it may be, and you will hardly have a merry Christmas as long as you reject his offer of peace and salvation. Things don't bring satisfaction. Religion won't bring peace to the soul, but Christ will. And his desire is expressed in the words, Son, give me thine heart. He came to save sinners. I wonder if he has saved you. And if he hadn't, it must be your fault. It must lay in the fact that you haven't surrendered your life to him. You haven't allowed him to receive you and save you and make you his own. If you will confess your lost and guilty condition, you will open your heart's door. and you will trust him as your Lord and Savior. You will be giving to him just what he wants. You will bring pleasure to his heart. If you are a Christian, you may present an acceptable gift to him. For according to Romans twelve and one, he says, I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. To yield your life entirely to him, will be more gratefully received than gold and frankincense. Isn't it wonderful that each one of us have the privilege of bringing gifts that will gladden the heart of the Lord Jesus Christ? I trust that you will have a very joyous Christmas, rejoicing not in material things, but rejoicing in the fact that you know this wonderful Savior. Will you trust him, my unsafe friend? If so, you will have the happiest Christmas you've ever had. And you'll be able to thank this wonderful Saviour and join with all the Christians and say, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. Gracious Father, we ask now that I will bless thy word to every listening heart in the name of our blessed Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. is Jesus, my Savior, my King. He's great was the day of great rapture, I see. To him is my place, and for praise I can see. For he is so precious to me. Lord, He is so precious to me. Lord, He is so precious to me. In there and there all, My redeemed and good job. is both ready of you see. He stood at my fourth door in sunshine and rain, and prayed as we waited an infant to gain, but did not go off in his dream any day. Lord, he is so precious to me. Lord, he is so precious to me. Lord, he is so precious to me. In heaven they go, thy redeemer to die. I pray to thee, for thee a voice and a voice, Where some day through faith in his wonderful grace, And so I shall see, and shall look from his way. precious to me God he is so precious to me God he is so precious to me Thank you.