“So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.” Hebrews 2:1 NLT
The closer we get to Christmas Day listening to Christmas music increases for most people. I say most people for there are many who have had their fill over the years to last the rest of their lives. For those who indulge right after Thanksgiving or wait until the Christmas spirit hits you on the 24th of December, listen very carefully to the truth you hear in the old familiar carols and contemporary music pertaining to the birth of Christ. For soon the music will be put on the shelf for another year, but the truth does remain.
The writer of the book of Hebrews penned these words, “So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.” (2:1 NLT) He is not referring to Christmas music per se, but to the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ which is embedded in many Christmas carols. In particular, the writer is continuing his exhortation on the superiority of Jesus over the angels and confirming His deity. The child born that first Christmas is Jesus, the second person of the trinity, sent to earth for our redemption. He is fully God and fully man, our Savior.
As Christmas music comes into your hearing this season listen very carefully to the lyrics being sung not letting them go over your head as an old familiar tune, but let them sink in. Every opportunity you get this year to attend a Christmas play, a musical, a concert, a ‘spectacular of lights display’, or a special church service let the truth of God’s Word be absorbed into your heart and mind. Don’t allow the truth of the gospel drift away from you as the season drifts away with the music.
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