The real meaning of "Merry Christmas" is, to be packed with absolute joy as a result of God Himself, knowing none people may *ever* get freed from sin ourselves, provided the approach for our salvation. It is only through God that we can obtain Holiness because none of us is able to cleanse ourselves to the point of pleasing God.
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God had to try and do it for us since we tend to lack the capability.
In fact, the more we try to do it on our own without going through God, the further away from God we travel because we reject His way: repentance of our Sin and our sins (those problems that are the result of our natural state of Sin), and, acceptance of His way to Holiness: the blood of Jesus that was shed on the Cross to pay the value necessary to flee His wrath.
That is why Christmas is so joyous!
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God, seeing us in our ugly misery and depravity, provided the resolution of our sinful ways.
He Himself redeemed us. That is why we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Christ, at Christmas, it is because God has *now*, at that time of His birth, provided the "mechanism" by which we can now enter into Heaven. "Merry", derived from the Old English myrige, originally meant merely "pleasant, agreeable" rather than joyous or jolly. Christmas has been celebrated since the 4th century AD, the first known usage of any Christmas greeting dates was in 1565 when it appeared in The Hereford Municipal Manuscript: "And thus I commit you to God, who send you a merry Christmas." "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" (thus incorporating two greetings) were in an informal letter written by an English admiral in 1699. The same phrase is contained in the 16th-century secular English carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," and the first commercial Christmas card, produced in England in 1843.
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Hope you liked this post. Wish you a Merry Christmas.
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