Who can understand the beauty of Christmas without the ugliness?

It isn't the cards and the trees and the lights and the presents and the fantasies and the snow scenes and the warm fires.

The beauty of Christmas is that Christ came to cure the ugliness of the world.

Welcome to Grace to You, featuring the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

What comes to mind when you think about Christmas?

Perhaps you recall fond memories from your childhood, time with family and friends. With so much

happiness associated with Christmas, what could possibly be ugly about it? Find out today,

as John looks at a hard truth at the heart of the Christmas story, a truth that can strengthen

and energize your worship not only at Christmas, but every day.

It's part of a collection of messages chosen by our staff members called John MacArthur's

most memorable sermon.

So with today's lesson called The Ugliness of Christmas, here now is John MacArthur.

The dark and ugly side of Christmas is sin.

Sin.

The heart of Christmas is this.

Christ came into the world to save sinners.

Christ was manifest to take away sin.

You shall call his name Jesus,

for he shall save his people from their sin.

And the real beauty of Christmas

is to understand the ugliness that it cures.

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