Of course, our Christmas Day worship will be preceded by our annual Christmas Eve Service of Lessons, Carols, and the Lord’s Supper on Saturday night at 5:00 PM. Our Scripture readings and Lord’s Table message will focus upon the word “peace.” Hearing this word, we can immediately recall the exclamation of the angelic multitude upon the birth of Jesus: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” (Luke 2:14).
But we must also consider what Jesus Himself declared later on as recorded in John 14:27. There, He said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”