Volume Twenty Three, Issue Six
12/21/08
Volume 23, Issue 6
"DECEPTION IN THE CHURCH" e-Newsletter
12/21/08
Dear All,
Here is wishing you are blessed Christmas in Jesus Christ! The following article is for your edification, written a long time ago.
In Christ,
Sandy Simpson
Apologetics Coordination Team
http://www.apologeticscoordinationteam.com/
The feature article for this newsletter is "Concentrating on Christ at Christmas" by A.W. Tozer".
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.' —Luke 2:13-14
Christmas as it is celebrated today is badly in need of a radical reformation. What was at first a spontaneous expression of an innocent pleasure has been carried to inordinate excess. In one section of Chicago, for instance, the excited citizenry vie with each other each year for the biggest, gaudiest and most vulgar Christmas tree, on the porch, on the lawn, along the street; and one gigantic, flashily dressed and cold but determinedly smiling Santa Claus drives a fully lighted herd of reindeer across the yard and over the house!
How far have we come in the corruption of our tastes from the reverence of the simple shepherds, the chant of the angels and the beauty of the heavenly host! The Star of Bethlehem could not lead a wise man to Christ today; it could not be distinguished amid the millions of artificial lights hung aloft on Main Street by the Merchants Association. No angels could sing loudly enough to make themselves heard above the raucous, earsplitting rendition of "Silent Night" meant to draw customers to the neighborhood stores.
In our mad materialism we have turned beauty into ashes, prostituted every normal emotion and made merchandise of the holiest gift the world ever knew. Christ came to bring peace and we celebrate His coming by making peace impossible for six weeks of each year. Not peace but tension, fatigue and irritation rule the Christmas season. He came to free us of debt and many respond by going deep into debt each year to buy enervating luxuries for people who do not appreciate them. He came to help the poor and we heap gifts upon those who do not need them. The simple token given out of love has been displaced by expensive presents given because we have been caught in a squeeze and donít know how to back out of it. Not the beauty of the Lord our God is found in such a situation, but the ugliness and deformity of human sin.
Prayer
Father, thank You for the Christ of Christmas.
Thought
Making Christ the center of Christmas relieves the tension of shopping
and delivers us from the cesspool of commercialism into which we can become
submerged. Let's take time to join the angel hosts in praising God and
singing "Glory to God in the highest."
Through the years I have been presented with
many opportunities to forgive. Sometimes the situation was so severe that
it took me some time to forgive and start the process of healing for myself,
and eventually for others. I learned that a Christian needs to forgive
other people even if they have not repented of their sins. That can be
really hard if we let it be hard. But if we give our burdens over to the
Lord, He will carry them and that frees us up to treat other people with
love, compassion, and be in the right frame of mind and heart to set them
up for reconciliation with Jesus Christ. That does not mean we tolerate
their sin. We simply forgive them for what they have done to us, whether
perceived or real, and move on to looking for ways to redeem them. We can
then present to them the “truth in love” even when we have to rebuke them.
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FINISH THE RACE! was written to help believers to realize the absolute necessity of growing to maturity in Christ. Many churches are urging Christians to push aside discernment in favor of experience. It is our hope that this book will inspire many believers to fight the good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith (2 Tim. 4:7). Go here for ordering details. |
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THE NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION is now available in book form. This is the DVD script plus commentary by Sandy Simpson. The commentary of the DVD series is not in the book, but there are many more quotes available than in the video series. Good reference material. Also available on CD-ROM. Go here for ordering details. |
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LETTERS TO THE CHURCH is a fitting manual for the Revelation Christian. All the precepts are in the seven letters in Revelation 1:9 - 3:22 to help us keep the faith, stay in sound doctrine, and reach out to those who are perishing. I hope and pray that this book will help the reader to be an “overcomer”. Go here for more details and how to order! |
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