There are seven co-existing realities at Christmas: celebration, vanity, luxury, poverty, affliction, death, and hope. While some celebrate or indulge, others suffer in poverty or affliction. God sent his son Jesus not to condemn the world but to save it, so that all may have hope through believing in him and receiving everlasting life rather than facing condemnation.

1. Seven Co-existing Realities at Christmas

2. 1. The Reality of Celebration

7. 2. The Reality of Vanity

11. 3. The Reality of Luxury

16. 4. The Reality of Poverty

21. 5. The Reality of Affliction

26. 6. The Reality of Death

30. 7. The Reality of Hope

31. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

32. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:17)

33. He that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3:18)

34. Why such contradictions ?

35. Because: The light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (John 3:19)