My dad’s sermon this Christmas morning was about why Jesus came: because of how He viewed sin. God sees sin as a serious thing and we’re supposed to look at it the same way. I found this Christmas carol to be poignant in light of that.
Angels! from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation’s story,
Now proclaim Messiah’s birth:
Come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn King.
Come and worship, worship Christ the newborn King.
Shepherds! in the field abiding,
Watching o’er your flocks by night,
God with man is now residing;
Yonder shines the heavenly light:
Come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn King.
Come and worship, worship Christ the newborn King.
Saints! before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear,
Suddenly the Lord, descending,
In His temple shall appear:
Come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn King.
Come and worship, worship Christ the newborn King.
Sinners! wrung with true respentance,
Doomed for guilt to endless pains:
Justice now revokes the sentence,
Mercy calls you, break your chains:
Come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn King.
Come and worship, worship Christ the newborn King.
~ Thos. Hastings
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