A Christmas Carol (3 of 4)
Series: Christmas at the Movies
Joe Alain
Luke 2:1-7
Read Luke 2:1-7.
In Charles Dickens, ''A Christmas Carol'' Ebenezer Scrooge is a selfish, greedy and bitter man who had ''no room'' in his heart and life for others. But through a series of visits by three spirits he is given a second chance at life. Filled with deep regret after seeing his life as it really was, he has a change of heart, he takes a different path, and he becomes a grateful and generous person of compassion.
In the movie trailer to Disney's version of ''A Christmas Carol,'' the narrator says half way through the clip, ''What if you were given a second chance to get your life right . . . the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future will give one man that chance!'' In a way, that message captures the Christmas story - Christmas is about God giving humanity a second chance.
This Christmas time, Jesus the Son of God invites us to see ourselves as God does, to take a different path, to open our hearts wide to the love of God that came down to us at Christmas, the love that gives us a second chance. Here is the story of love come down to us from John's perspective.
Read John 1:14; 3:16-17.
Exploring the three visits to Scrooge, we see the hopeful promise of Christmas. With the first visit, we discover that Christmas means . . .
1. Your Past Does Not Have to Define You (Christmas Past)
Ebenezer Scrooge lives only to make money. He has no time and no patience for anyone else or anything else - especially Christmas. One Christmas Eve he receives a terrifying wake-up call from the spirit of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley had lived as Scrooge and now in death is condemned to drag the long chains of regret that he had forged in life. Marley offers Scrooge a chance of escaping his fate by the visits of three (3) spirits.
The first spirit takes Ebenezer through time to his old school where young Scrooge is alone as other boys h ...
Series: Christmas at the Movies
Joe Alain
Luke 2:1-7
Read Luke 2:1-7.
In Charles Dickens, ''A Christmas Carol'' Ebenezer Scrooge is a selfish, greedy and bitter man who had ''no room'' in his heart and life for others. But through a series of visits by three spirits he is given a second chance at life. Filled with deep regret after seeing his life as it really was, he has a change of heart, he takes a different path, and he becomes a grateful and generous person of compassion.
In the movie trailer to Disney's version of ''A Christmas Carol,'' the narrator says half way through the clip, ''What if you were given a second chance to get your life right . . . the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future will give one man that chance!'' In a way, that message captures the Christmas story - Christmas is about God giving humanity a second chance.
This Christmas time, Jesus the Son of God invites us to see ourselves as God does, to take a different path, to open our hearts wide to the love of God that came down to us at Christmas, the love that gives us a second chance. Here is the story of love come down to us from John's perspective.
Read John 1:14; 3:16-17.
Exploring the three visits to Scrooge, we see the hopeful promise of Christmas. With the first visit, we discover that Christmas means . . .
1. Your Past Does Not Have to Define You (Christmas Past)
Ebenezer Scrooge lives only to make money. He has no time and no patience for anyone else or anything else - especially Christmas. One Christmas Eve he receives a terrifying wake-up call from the spirit of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley had lived as Scrooge and now in death is condemned to drag the long chains of regret that he had forged in life. Marley offers Scrooge a chance of escaping his fate by the visits of three (3) spirits.
The first spirit takes Ebenezer through time to his old school where young Scrooge is alone as other boys h ...
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