Binhi sang Pagtuo
December 6, 2010
Dear Friends,
Greetings!
Earlier this night more than 5,000 people were inside the campus of
Central Philippine University to witness the switching-on of the
Christmas lights as part of the awaited annual celebration dubbed as
the Festival of Lights and Music.
Our reflection is on the theme of this event: “Ikabuhi ang Paskua.”
How should we live out Christmas in our daily lives?
In order to live the meaning of Christmas, Jesus must be born in our
lives. John 1:14 tells us that “the Word became flesh and made his
dwelling among us…” Jesus is not a metaphysical being but as the early
creeds of Christianity state, “born of the virgin Mary, suffered under
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose
again from the dead…”
Although the early creeds left out the portion that “Jesus lived,
preached and taught about the Kingdom of God, healed the sick,
organized disciples” the objective to defeat the teaching of the
heretics in the early church was achieved. The heretics argued that
matter is evil and spirit is good, thus, in order for Jesus to be
good, he has no flesh, and he was like a phantom. They denied the
humanity of Jesus. The early Christians defended the humanity and
divinity of Jesus.
What can these musings on creeds and church history teach us? It
reminds us that Jesus is not just interested in our spiritual lives
but equally, Jesus is interested also on how we live our physical
lives. There should be no dichotomy between what is spiritual and what
is secular. Christianity is not only on Sundays but the whole week
24/7. To be a Christian is not only to be practiced inside the church
but also in our workplace, home and anywhere.
May God bless us all!
Sincerely,
Pastor Francis Neil G. Jalando-on
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