In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, the celebration of Christmas.

Well, if somebody ask you, what's the meaning of Christmas, what would you say? Would you talk about

trees, gifts, friends, fellowship, and all that? Or would you get right heart of the question

and talk about what it really is? I don't think a lot of people know what it's about. They shop, they spend their money, and they say, happy holiday, that's the best they know,

and they get time off from work, so they have some vacation time and take a break, they

go shopping, they buy their friends' gifts, they receive gifts.

So you can just think of a lot of things that people would say, well, when you ask what

is Christmas, then what is it besides that?

In other words, most people define Christmas as what you see.

I see trees and gifts and people happy and eating and so forth.

There's more to it than that.

Think about this.

When you think about what Christmas really is, Christmas is a celebration of one of the three

most important events in human history. No event can equal any one of these three.

Number one, the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Number two, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ for our sins.

And number three, the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

our promise of eternal life, and heaven

is our home.

Where can you get anything to match that?

You cannot.

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