Why do we love to celebrate the Birth of Jesus more than

His Death?

“Well, duuuuh!” is probably what you were thinking, right?

And yet, consider the words of Ecclesiastes 7:1-6

Luke 2:1- 40 Matthew 27:11-66

Let’s spend a few moments thinking about the admonitions of Ecclesiates 7:

Obviously, we don’t think of death being better than birth- ours or Jesus’. So why don’t we?

Because:

“Birth is such a wonderful beginning!”

But Jesus’ death, and ours, was/is also a beginning of eternal consequence, 1Cor.15:12-22; 35-56.

“At birth, we’re so full of life- and at death…”

But life does not consist in the things that “we” think it does, Luke 12:15-34.

“Birth is such a happy time, and death is so sad.”

But that all depends on your perspective, doesn’t it? “Yes” birth is a happy time, but death needn’t

be so sad, Rev.14:13 > 20:12-15.

The bottom line: What’s the Point?

• God views birth/death differently than we do because He is eternal- not bound by time.

One of the great struggles of life is for us to see with divine perspective- to “see” things, to the degree possible, as God does.

• God never commanded us to celebrate the birth of Jesus. This doesn’t mean that His birth wasn’t important, it just emphasizes that He was born for one purpose: to live a sinless life and become the sacrifice for our sins. 2Cor. 5:21; Acts 2:22- 42

Therefore, the command was to remember and commemorate His death each

week through the simple, sweet, memorial of the Lord’s Supper, Luke 22:14-19.

So….

• How do you view life and death?• Happy to celebrate the birth once a year

with material things, but not really willing to lovingly commemorate the death with spiritual devotion weekly?

Maybe it’s a vision problem.

Whose eyes are you using?