Christmas Witnesses
An old joke, one of my favorites, goes like this: A young preacher was being interviewed to fill a pulpit at Downtown Baptist Church. After answering dozens of questions concerning his testimony, his Biblical knowledge, his doctrine, and church life, an old timer stood up dramatically and asked him, “young man… do you believe in INFANT BAPTISM????” The candidate looked the old man straight in the eye and answered, “BELIEVE in it??? I have SEEN IT!”
There is clearly a connection between belief and sight.
We say, “seeing is believing.” And the old hymn looks forward to the time when “our faith shall be sight.”
One of God’s biggest miracles is the Incarnation. God Himself, becoming fully human, yet remaining fully Divine.
And like usual, this miracle had witnesses.
Perhaps not witnesses in the normal sense (the incarnation was not a multi-colored, loudly visible occurrence) we find in God’s Word many witnesses.
From now until Christmas, we will hear them.