2019 Worship Guide

Page 26 2019 Worship Guide LINCOLN DAILY NEWS Wednesday, December 4, 2019 In this little song we are reminded that the message of the Gospel is for all peoples. The good news of Jesus’ birth is for the unnoticed and for the one that lives in the shadows and for the one who struggles to put food on the table. The good news of Jesus’ birth is for the rich and the powerful and for the influential too (even for millionaires and billionaires). I don’t see a lot of “class warfare” in the Christmas story or in the Gospels or in the story of the early church within Scripture. What I do see is a God who has a message of hope and redemption for everybody, because of His unconditional love for everybody, and in response to everybody’s need of a Savior. Christ came at Christmas for the poor sinner and for the rich sinner equally because in His eyes we all need Him equally. Whether it’s 1962 or 2019, we continue to live in a dangerous and divided world. It appears that we are being pulled apart and fragmented more and more into opposing camps. It seems that increasingly we are tending to look at others who do not hold to our views of the world as our enemy. And of course all of this makes for good TV and so there is produced content that positively reinforces (whether intentionally or unintentionally) the growing schisms that exist within and without. The good news of Christmas is that we are truly not divided. We are One People! We are of One World! Every last one of us has the same need for a Savior. Every last one of us has sinned and separated ourselves from our loving Creator. Every last one of us has a need to go to this Jesus who came at Christmas and become His Disciple. “Do you Hear what I Hear?” Sounds to me that we have a lot more in common than what we think! Let’s come together this Christmas in the name of Jesus!