Saturday 18th December 2010 saw the first of two carol services to be held at Goldthorpe Pentecostal Community Church. We like to combine traditional carols with modern songs and lots of silly games and quizzes so as to re-tell the Christmas story in a way that engages all who attend. That’s the aim, anyway!
Stephen spoke about presents, using the present below to illustrate his points:
There was no label on this present bag, so it wasn’t possible to know who this present was from or who it was for. Sometimes we get presesnts like that and don’t know who to thank when we open it up and find a fantastic present inside. God has given us a present like this called Christmas, but sometimes we fail to realise what the present is or who has given it to us. We can believe the Christmas story is just a ‘coincidence’ or an ‘accident’, but, as C.S. Lewis said, “They say that God became man. Every other miracle prepares the way for this or results from this.”
Jesus did not come to the world tagged up and neatly wrapped for one person only. He came for each and every one of us so that we might find forgiveness and peace with God and may come to know Him, God’s own Son.
As Paul says in 2 Corinthians 9:15, “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”