Respect for the earth
Peace for its people
Love in our lives
Delight in the good
Forgiveness for past wrongs
And from now on
A NEW START
Let
there be
Respect
for the earth
Peace
for its people
Love in
our lives
Delight in
the good
Forgiveness
for past wrongs
And from now on
A NEW START
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The Resolution makes no mention of God or Jesus Christ and is not couched
as a prayer. Some Christians had objections to this, in view of the avowed
intention to put Jesus into the centre of Millennium Celebrations. Others
assumed that the Resolution had arisen from a readiness to dilute the message
to some lowest common denominator, or even bow to political correctness.
NO!
Heaven Forfend!. It arose from a genuine attempt to be inclusive and to
be at one with all people of good will for one important moment.
For Christians, it represents a Challenge to prove by word and deed that the only way to achieve these desires is by taking up a Cross and following Jesus. Probably the World would say with, maybe, some justification, that the church has failed in that endeavour over the first two Millennia. "Beneath the Angel strain hath rolled Two Thousand years of wrong". The beginning of the Third Millennium gives our generation a unique opportunity to do better. And we must! Therefore dear Christian: Ask Not why the Resolution contains no mention of our Lord, rather dedicate yourself to proving that the only way to achieve its goals is by following Him. You do not need to be a Bible Scholar to recognise them as Biblical Imperatives. And to you "who never listened to the message
of His birth, who have Christmas without Jesus, bringing you His peace
on Earth. I send to you the Joyful tidings, for all people and each home.
Listen to the Christmas Anthem: Praise to God the Christ has come" This is a slight revision to the last verse of the carol: Cradled
in a manger meanly
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