Luke 1:15 “For he (John the Baptist), shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink (intoxicating liquor), and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost (the breath of God), even from his mother’s womb.” Comment: According to the Christmas account the womb is sacred! The Son of God Jesus Christ was born into the earth through the virgin womb of Mary! John the Baptist was special! His father Zechariah and his mother Elizabeth were in the Priesthood at the Jewish Temple! They were dedicated to the service of the Lord! They were old yet God kept his promise to them to have a son! The Angel instructed Zechariah that his son John was to stay away from drugs! His life was not to be sacrificed on the altar of drug addiction! It is paradox that many who celebrate Christmas drink liquor when God has warned us throughout scriptures to stay away from drugs! The way you can celebrate Christmas is to ask the Holy Spirit to come into your life to keep you from sin! The same Holy Spirit that produced Jesus and filled the life of John the Baptist even in the womb with righteousness! When God commands us not to do something and we go ahead and do it anyway and then ask God to Bless us we should know God is not a fool! However to be conflicted like this leads to sin and separation from God! Then you would be living as if there is no God! The first sign of this life style is that life has no value! Satan tried to stop the birth of Jesus through abortion! King Herod sent his Roman soldiers to Bethlehem to slay all the children two years old and younger! They ran daggers through the bellies of the pregnant women! They aborted these children! The life of any human is sacred from the womb to the grave! We need the same respect God has for life! The foundation for abortion in the 21st Century is Darwinism! The atheistic belief of Evolution produces death! The evil of the first Century is the same evil we face today! However the same hope we found in Christ in the first Century is the same hope we have today! The evil surrounding every Christmas cannot overcome the Light! The evil only confirms to the world they need the Savior! Are you following the Savior or the world? Christ is mercy to a dying world! The Holy Spirit will give you the power to change your life! Jesus blood will pardon your sin! Jesus will empower you to change from evil to righteous! We cannot change ourselves! Only God can do this! Confess your sin and he is faithful and just to forgive you your sin! Then ask the Holy Spirit to come into your life! He will! Submit to the authority of God and cease the rebellion against him! Find a good Bible believing Church where the scriptures are not compromised! Most important read the Bible yourself! Study it! Then when you are presented a lie you will recognize it! Give God all your failures and he will replace them with success! Merry Christmas! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com