![]() The word doctrinaire gets that across well. Doctrine or dogma connotes being narrow, being rigid or closed. ![]() It's part of a family of words that have negative connotations. What do I mean by "frankly doctrinal"? I used the word doctrinal on purpose. We have to grasp this before we move on to how it changes our lives. It's frankly doctrinal, and it's boldly historical. We see here the teaching of Christmas is two things. Let's take a look at the first two verses. Where do we go to understand what Christmas is? The first two verses of our text give us the teaching of Christmas, and the second two give us the purpose of Christmas. The Apostles' Creed doesn't use the word incarnation, but it teaches the doctrine of the Incarnation when it says, "conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary." If you understand the word incarnation, you'll understand what Christmas is about. We sing it every year in our Christmas carols, especially in "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." Charles Wesley wrote that, and one line you've sung says, "Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see Hail the incarnate Deity." We write this to make our joy complete.Ĭhristmas is about the word incarnation. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. ![]() We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. The life appeared we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
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