December 24, 2006
Christmas carols combine both lament and hope in order to present the essential truth of Christmas itself. This life gives us much to mourn and long for as we cry out for love, freedom, forgiveness, meaning, and hope. Yet none of these things bring us satisfaction. Instead, they are meant to point us to a deeper need—one that nothing in this world can satisfy. As Alistair Begg reminds us, all of our hopes and fears are met only on Christ.
4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
Copyright © 2023, Alistair Begg. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.