“The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light, And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death, Upon them a Light dawned.” Mt 4:16.
2,000 years ago, the light dawned, hallelujah! In His lovingkindness, God sent His son into this world, in a human body. His sacrificial offering at Calvary was the propitiation for our sins. This is indeed the miracle of the Gospel. Salvation! Grace! Forgiveness! Righteousness! Eternal Life! Whoo-hoo!
Amazingly, there are those who hate Christmas. They want to expunge the Savior of the world, Christ Jesus, from our sight – Maybe they hate the idea of forgiveness, grace, and mercy. Crazy, huh!
No man can take Christ out of our hearts, my friend. Or from seeing Jesus everywhere! So how about “X-mas”? Merry X-Mas. The “X.” Is that a blatant effort by the God haters to remove Christ from Christmas?
Let me put your mind at ease this fine Christmas Day. Yes, “X-mas” can be viewed as a Christ-less Christmas, sure. That alarmist suggestion began back in the middle 1960’s.
The truth is there is a long history of Christians using “X” in place of “Christ” – in fact its earliest use in European culture dates as far back as 1021 AD. Almost 1,000 years ago.
You see, the “X” is the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Christós (Χριστός), which became “Christ” in our English.
The suffix ‘mas’ is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass. So on expensive parchment the ancients were really simply abbreviating the word Christmas.
Christians used “X-Mas” first. So be encouraged. It was not a fiendish group of atheists attempting to take “Christ” out of “Christmas.” And even if there be such a group, “He who sits in the heavens laughs.” Ps 2:4.
So, see an “X-mas” sign? Laugh aloud and share the good news that a savior has been born – His name – Jesus. Share it, people will COME ALIVE!
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