Christmas is not a good place to play tokenism with God.

The birth of Christ was either the most glorious event in the world or it is the damn nation

of a man's life and is destiny.

You don't play around with the birth of Christ. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. Imagine if the

president of the United States moved from the White House to a

rundown one-room shack or if the King of England left Buckingham Palace for a cardboard

box. That's a small picture of what happened the first

Christmas when Almighty God was born in the humblest of ways. John MacArthur is

going to take you back 2,000 years to the staggering events surrounding

Christ's birth. The lesson you are about to hear is titled The Paradox of Christmas.

If you have questions about the true meaning of Christmas, or maybe you want to make sure

that those you love understand the holiday's lasting value, I urge you to stay tuned for a practical time in God's word.

And now here's John with today's lesson.

Our attention, of course, is drawn to Christmas.

And as I was thinking about what I might share with of course is drawn to Christmas.

And as I was thinking about what I might share with you,

I was struck again with the dichotomy

between Christmas for the Christian and Christmas

for the world.

And I began to think about the paradox of Christmas.

What is Christmas?

For some it is peace toward men of goodwill, for the world it is mass confusion, furious rushing around and a rising suicide rate.

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