By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — As we celebrate Christmas, it's important to note what Christmas is not about, as told by Andy Addis from CrossPoint in Hutchinson.
"The angels declared in the Luke 2 part of the narrative that, with the coming of Jesus, which is the whole purpose of Christmas, that there would be peace on earth and goodwill toward men," Addis said. "There's the question of, well, when's that going to happen? If that's really the promise of Christmas, where's all this peace on earth and goodwill toward men? There's a misunderstanding that what is being promised is that there will be a global peace and every man will have the opportunity and desire to lay down arms and embrace one another. The truth is that the story is about not everything coming together on planet Earth, but its about the conflict between God and humanity being over."
Pastor Matt Stafford from First Congregational Church let listeners know how they can make a choice to find that peace in their own life.
"That peace is found by realizing, from the very beginning when he said goodwill towards men, that means again, grace from God to man," Stafford said. "The way you find that in Jesus Christ is understanding that the purpose of Christmas is Easter and that his death and resurrection is what we put trust in personally to accept the work of Christ in his perfectness to through his grace, give us eternal life."
For Christmas Eve service arrangements, go to the CrossPoint or First Congregational Church webpages.
Below is our full conversation with the pastors from the BW Morning Show...