The Lord has never commanded us to observe any day in remembrance of the birth of Jesus. The Lord Himself instituted the Lord’s Supper as a remembrance of His death, but He gave us no date for His birth.
All we know according to the Bible is that no date in December could be the date of His birth because in that month shepherds could not be camping outdoors “keeping watch over their flock by night” (cf. Luke 2:8), because Bethlehem is in the Northern Hemisphere and it’s cold and rainy there in December making camping outdoors impossible. This is an example of how far from truth “Babylon” has strayed.
But do we mean to suggest that any observance of Christmas is evil? No, the holiday cannot be ignored, if for no other reason, for the sake of the children.
We can tell them the truth (and we should!) about the observance of December 25, and make clear to them the divinely appointed memorial of Christ’s birth (baptism by immersion), and seek to present to the children the gospel truths that will deliver them from acquisitiveness and will enable them to practice that “it’s more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35).
Thus the popular year-end festivities can be employed to teach soul-saving truth.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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