Bible
Reading: Luke 2:15-20
Key
Verse: Verse 20 – “And the shepherds
returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard
and seen, as it was told unto them.”
Key Words: and praising God
Kenneth Osbeck says of this great Christmas hymn:
“Although no
Christmas season would be complete without the melodious singing of this
tuneful carol, very little is known about its origin. It is believed to have
had its rise in France
during the fifteenth century. Noel is a French word originating from Latin
meaning ‘birthday.’ The song is thought to have been brought across the channel
to England
before 1823 by the wandering troubadours. The carol under the English form, ‘Nowell,’
became a great favorite for Christmas Eve, especially in the west of England. This
was when the entire village gathered for singing and celebrating the bringing
in of the Yule log. At this time carols were thought of as popular religious
songs meant to be sung outside the church rather than within.”
“The First Noel” is a story of
the birth of Christ, but all six stanzas are needed to tell the entire story;
but in particular, note the sixth verse.
Then let us all with
one accord
Sing praises to our
heavenly Lord,
That hath made
heaven and earth of nought,
And with His blood
mankind hath bought.
And
the repetition of the joyous “Noel” in the refrain (chorus) is the same as our
singing Happy Birthday to Jesus.What to do:
✞
Because He came, we can live.
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