[048]. A Message From A Poem – Christmas Travesty – Pseudo Christmas

[048]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – CHRISTMAS TRAVESTY – PSEUDO CHRISTMAS

Walking through a shopping centre at Christmas time was a depressing trip. All around were merchants parading their wares with full commercialisation; fake Santa Claus(es) everywhere and the occasional songs being played – Merry Christmas and Santa songs. Not one Christian Christmas hymn could be heard; not even one nativity scene.

The infant Christ has been removed from Christmas and replaced by this false religion of secularism and humanism and commercialism. There is no place for any “God thing” anymore. We are becoming a disconnected society. People are playing with their phones every spare moment they get. Their world is becoming disjointed.

Santa Claus has replaced Jesus Christ; the Christmas tree has replaced the manger; vendors have replaced the shepherds.

I wrote this poem partly as a protest at what has happened. Its purpose is to steer Christmas back onto the right track, especially for Christians who make much of Santa and the false aspect of Christmas. That is not an impression you should encourage in your children.

{{Luke 2:6-7 It came about that while they were there, the days were completed for her to give birth and she gave birth to her first-born son, and she wrapped Him in cloths and laid Him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.”}}

{{Luke 2:8-14 “In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. An angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terribly frightened, and the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which shall be for all the people for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Saviour who is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.”}}

Also I have a short sermon on SermonCentral looking at the False Christmas. This is the link - https://sermoncentral.com/sermons/a-short-christmas-message-christmas-travesty-pseudo-christmas-ron-ferguson-sermon-on-christmas-269866

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CHRISTMAS TRAVESTY – PSEUDO CHRISTMAS

Around comes Christmas once a year,

A time for some for family cheer.

All the rage is pseudo-Christmas:

Gaudy, with all that’s frivolous -

Santa, reindeers, and Christmas tree;

People drunk, they call “Christmas glee”.

Candles, bells and turkey and ham,

Crabs, prawns, oysters and roasted lamb.

They eat, drink, make merry and sing,

Then each one will do his own thing.

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What is this scene that’s been described?

Well, a Christmas wrongly ascribed.

Whatever is done, it must fail –

It practises some other tale,

That’s of a message most forlorn,

But Christmas heralds Jesus born;

The Son who came to save from sin -

Died, unrighteous people to win.

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Don’t miss the point at Christmas time –

Christ is the story most sublime.

The world keeps pagan delusions

Derived from the wrong conclusions;

Rejects our Christ; opposes Him.

Their understanding is so dim.

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The world disdains our precious Lord,

And people now His birth defraud.

Their pagan customs substitute;

What is godly, they prostitute.

From Christmas, Christ has been removed;

A godless Christmas now approved.

Be not conned or deluded be.

Christmas belongs to Christ, you see!

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Then, what is Christmas all about?

It’s the time to expel all doubt;

Embrace the Son of God who came,

The infant Christ, His precious Name.

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We sing and praise and fellowship;

Acknowledge the Saviour’s Lordship;

Reconnect with Christ’s first advent;

Recall the reasons He was sent.

Yes, the shepherds and the manger;

In that stable, He a Stranger

Of humble birth, yet He was King.

At Christmas time, with voice you sing

To the Saviour who was born that night,

Away from the world’s hostile sight.

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There is a Christmas false and true.

Reject the false but grasp the true.

The simple Christmas story told

By the bible, its truth we hold.

There is a Christmas false and true.

Reject the false; embrace the true! (and grasp)

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Ronald Ferguson 18 December 2020 8 throughout

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