This week our young people at Trinity have Christmas concerts nearly every day. Actually there was one Monday, last night and each week night of the rest of the week. I'll be Christmas caroling with two different clubs here in the next week and our youth group will carol on Monday evening. One could easily tire of hearing Christmas carols. My daughter Jeanette mentioned this very attitude to me this week. But, with a Evangelistic mindset, Christmas is the greatest time for the Gospel. All you have to do is sing (usually) the last verse of our most treasured Christmas Carols. Take Silent Night-
Silent Night, Holy Night, Son of God, loves' pure light. Radiant beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace. Jesus Lord at the birth, Jesus Lord at the birth.
Redeeming grace is the hallmark of the Gospel. Christmas is a great time to comment on this verse and the redeeming grace. This is an easy transition to a Gospel witness of Christ to the unsaved.
Take The First Noel and the last verse:
Then let us all with one accord Sing praises to our heavenly Lord, That hath made heav'n and earth of naught, And with His blood mankind hath bought.
Here we read of God being the creator and His reaching down and shedding his blood to buy back our eternal redemption. Wow! I challenge you to take some time to share the last verse of a Christmas carol to someone this week. It is like a Gospel Tract sent from World and American Cultural History. :)
Tomorow more Gospel Carol Last Verses.
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