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The Importance of Christmas in Anglican Faith

At Christmas, the Church rejoices in the great mystery of the Incarnation: that “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” In the birth of Jesus Christ, we proclaim that the eternal Son of God took upon himself our human nature, entering fully into the life of the world he came to redeem.

As the Book of Common Prayer declares, “Almighty God, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born this day of a pure virgin.” Christmas affirms that God does not remain distant, but comes near—choosing humility, vulnerability, and love. In the child of Bethlehem, God is made known as Emmanuel, God with us.

For Anglicans, Christmas is not merely a remembrance of Christ’s birth, but a celebration of God’s gracious purpose for humanity. By taking flesh, Christ sanctifies human life itself and opens the way for our restoration. As we confess in the Creed, “For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven.”

Therefore, Christmas is a feast of deep joy and abiding hope. It assures us that light has come into the darkness, grace has entered our broken world, and that in Jesus Christ, God has drawn near to dwell with his people.

“Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men.”

Merry Christmas!

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly “WAIT” for the savior, the lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to Himself.

Today, we reflect on waiting and our attitude during the period of wait. For many of us, patience is not what is cultivated. Waiting make us inpatient, it makes us feel like we sometimes need to skip the process. No doubt, some waiting are good while some sucks.

However, we need to understand that waiting is part of our lives as Christian. In our world today, Christians are made to understand that God’s blessings is quick and sowing a seed to impress God to get a quick reward is a bad theology. These bad theology give Christians hard time to wait on God.

In today’s sermon, we reflect on the life of Joseph who waited on God for 24 years, Abraham waited 25years and David was anointed at the age of 15 and waited 22 years before he became the king of Israel. Let us therefore emulates the lives of these servant of God who waited patiently for God’s time so that our joy may be complete in Christ Jesus. May God’s grace be sufficient for us all Amen.

Psalm 46 vs 10 : He says, Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Our God is always with us and will never leave us nor forsake us. Just hold on unto to him and be thankful always. The lord will fight for you and always come through, you only need to be still and trust him.

Our reflection is from the book of JEREMIAH 33: 1 – 9. Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endures for ever. Again we hear God asking us; Is there anything too hard for me to do? Why do we always limit God’s ability by our own excuses. When God’s mission has been assigned to us, we need to shift our attitude and trust only in God because HE is always able to do all things and take care of the unseen.

God wants you and I to focus on him and Him alone. ISAIAH 55 : 6, We are urge to seek the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon Him while he is near. Therefore, give your all to God, be His instrument and not instrument of evil. Finally, I urge you to check your attitude towards GOD when he calls you.

May God help us to be instrument of his activities as we allow Him to use us and continue to raise our expectation to Him alone.