Seasoned for the Season by Olufunso Joseph Omidiran

Isaiah 9:6-7   ⁶For 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, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.  ⁷Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Christmas season cannot be ignored because of the usual festivities and activities. It was a time I looked forward to as a child because there would be much food, new clothing, shoes, gifts, Christmas trees, Christmas lights, Santa Claus and joy everywhere! No doubt, Christmas is a worldwide phenomenon.

However, Christmas does not seem to be living up to its true definition, the Birthday of Jesus Christ as supposed, because Christ-less and lawless people enjoy Christmas, even when they hate Jesus! If  December 25 of each year were to indeed be Jesus’ birthday, it would have been so much of an insult and disappointment to Him, because not much recourse or reference is made to Him, He’s been so unjustly displaced as the Reason for the Season. I heard someone say on TV that Christmas is a time for families and friends to come together, eat and drink and never to be alone. That sounds good isn’t it? But this man made no reference to Jesus Christ who was born by a virgin and sent to save the world.

 Christmas without Christ

Christ-less Christmas is now becoming ominously acceptable to a world that hate the light and love darkness because their works are evil. That’s why rather than write “Christmas”, some simply write “Xmas” for short. At first ‘X’ looks like the Greek alphabet pronounced ‘Chi’ but in the real sense it means ‘cancelled.’ Isn’t this a satanic ploy to remove the name of Christ from Christmas? Some would rather greet you and say “Happy Holiday Season” instead of “Merry Christmas”. A lost generation who don’t want to be identified as Christians look forward to and like Christmas but hate Christ. What a futile effort!

A ‘Silent Night’ without the Saviour

I read with much pain in my heart of a school in New York that went on to do ‘Christmas Carol’ while their authorities made the school children to sing a popular carol ‘Silent Night’ and remove words like ‘Christ the Saviour’, the virgin birth, ‘Son of God’ from the lyrics. They claimed to have done this so as not to offend non-Christians and avoid any tone of religion. How many times have non-Christians asked that something be taken away from their religion so as not to offend those who don’t accept their faith? Interestingly, the parents of the pupils of the said school in New York were upset with the school officials for this insult and show of shame. The latter apologised however after the deed was done. Read the story here: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/19/school-removes-christ-savior-from-silent-night/

Here are the full and correct lyrics of that beautiful Carol which those godless people stage-managed:

Silent night, holy night
All is calm and all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from Heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing hallelujah
Christ the Saviour is born
Christ our Saviour is born

Silent night, holy night
Son of God
Love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus Lord at Thy birth
Jesus Lord at Thy birth

Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Christ the Saviour is born

Keep the Season’s Joy

The best way to keep the joy of this beautiful season is to be seasoned in God word. We need to remind ourselves always and appreciate what God has done for mankind. Salvation has been brought to us although we never deserve it. If we are seasoned for the season, the truth is that we are seasoned for life! Heaven is real and what Christ came to do does not reside in the land of myth or folklore. It is real and I am a witness that Jesus saves are you also a witness?  Christmas can also become an experience in someone’s life. Merry Christmas! Shalom.

 

 

IN HIS HOUSE,

 

REV. OLUFUNSO J. OMIDIRAN LIVING SWORD MINISTRIES INT'L (Healing unto the Nations)
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