Pay attention to celebration of Christmas -Apostle Eric Nyamekye urges Christians
The Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has urged Christians to seriously pay attention to the celebration of Christmas.
He said it did not matter if the saviour was born in September or December, the most important thing was the fact that “it is a festival that celebrates the birth of the most important and most celebrated person who ever lived.”
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Apostle Nyamekye said that when he and his family fellowshipped with Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC) - Sakumono to climax the 2019 Christmas convention on the theme, “A saviour has been born to you, He is the Messiah, the Lord,” taken from Luke 2:11.
Topic
Speaking on the topic “The virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ”, Apostle Nyamekye stated that some people hate Christmas celebration, while others felt it was a burden to celebrate Christmas because of the commercialisation with others arguing over the date for Christmas celebrations.
He explained further that there were those who wanted to celebrate Christmas at home with their families and would not want to engage in any church activities, adding that “Be careful of the argument about Christmas, our Lord Jesus died for mankind and not for families and He is the most celebrated person on earth.”
Apostle Nyamekye indicated that the wonders that preceded the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ could not be compared to any other story ever told in the world.
“It will never be depleted, His birth drew both the Jews and gentiles together to visit Him. The Shepherds were Jews while the wise men were gentiles,” he said.
Birth
Apostle Nyamekye indicated that it was the birth of Jesus which brought about the pregnancy of Elizabeth, who was earlier labelled as barren, while the Simeon’s death was suspended until he had seen the salvation of the world.
Apostle Nyamekye read Bible verses from Luke 2:8-20, Mathew 1: 1-23, Mark 14:61-65, 1 Timothy 3:14-16 among others, and explained the essence of the virgin birth by saying that “Christ was born for the Church, the Church is the pillar and foundation of the truth and if Christians hold on to the truth people will come for the truth.”
“It is the church that holds the truth, the world does not hold the truth but the church does, it is solid,” he added.
According to Apostle Nyamekye, the mystery of godliness as recorded in 1 Timothy 3: 14-16, was when God became man and the fact that God was able to pick a person from an unholy world, and preserved the holiness of the baby Jesus, the savour of the world until He was born.”
“I believe Joseph was put under divine order not to touch his wife till the baby was born,” Apostle Nyamekye said, adding, “This was to ensure that there was no dispute about who Jesus’ father was.
Answering why it is important for Jesus to have a virgin birth, Apostle Nyamekye stated that “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God, hence the human race needed a saviour” (Romans 5:12) in the person of Jesus Christ. The saviour needed to arrive in the world by a woman through the Holy Spirit and not through the consummation of marriage by a man and a woman (Galatians 4:4, Hebrews 10:5).