A Mary Or A Martha Christmas

of Jesus and learning from Him and enjoying His company was far better.
3. It was "that good part," Jesus said.

III. WILL YOU HAVE A SPIRITUAL OR A MATERIAL CHRISTMAS?

A. WILL YOU BE BUILDING YOUR EARTHLY OR HEAVENLY HOME?
1. You can lay up treasures in heaven this Christmas by giving to world missions.
2. Or you can just lay more treasure under the tree.

Matt 6:19-21
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (KJV)

3. WHAT GOOD IS IT IF YOU GAIN THE WORLD AND LOSE YOUR SOUL?
Once a spider built a beautiful web in an old house. He kept it clean and shiny so that flies would patronize it. The minute he got a "customer" he would clean up on him so the other flies would not get suspicious. Then one day this fairly intelligent fly came buzzing by the clean spider web. Old man spider called out, "Come in and sit." But the fairly intelligent fly said, "No, sir. I don’t see other flies in your house, and I am not going in alone!" But presently he saw on the floor below a large crowd of flies dancing around on a piece of brown paper. He was delighted! He was not afraid if lots of flies were doing it. So he came in for a landing. Just before he landed, a bee zoomed by, saying, "Don’t land there, stupid! That’s flypaper!" But the fairly intelligent fly shouted back, "Don’t be silly. Those flies are dancing. There’s a big crowd there. Everybody’s doing it. That many flies can’t be wrong!" Well, you know what happened. He eventually died on the flypaper. Some of us want to be with the crowd so badly that we end up in a mess. What does it profit a fly (or a person) if he escapes the web only to end up on the glue?
4. What does it profit you to live your life for Jesus all year long just to follow the world at Christmas?

B. WILL YOU HAVE A MATERIAL OR A SPIRITUAL CHRISTMAS?
1. A MATERIAL Christmas means only being concerned with the hype of the season.
2. A SPIRITUAL Christmas means being more concerned with the real reason for the Christmas season.
3. WHY THE VIRGIN BIRTH?
a. Matt 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
b. Men are tainted with sin. The whole race is fallen since Adam and Eve sinned.
c. Every child ever born comes into the world with the curse of sin on him.
d. To avoid the curse of sin, Jesus had to be born in a different manner.
4. A spiritual Christmas means seeking the sweetness of the Lord.
5. HIDE AND SEEK
We used to play hide and seek when I was a child. There was a big gazebo in the middle of our street and it was base. But, you had to be careful when you played with our neighborhood. They might go home and watch TV while you were looking for them. They might send you off to go hide, and never come look for you. A little boy was playing with his friends, but they got bored. After a long while, he figured out that no one was looking for him. He began to cry and his mother came out to check on him. His mother said, "Stop