Our Advent Series comes from a plan provided by Church of the Valley on The YouVersion Bible App. For more information, please visit: https://ccv.church.
Day Nineteen: Christmas Plays
In the 15th century, most people couldn’t read and often times church services were in a language they didn’t understand. To help them learn the story of Jesus at Christmas, plays were performed on large parade-like wagons. These wagons would move from street to street performing one scene of the play after another. These plays told of Jesus’ first day on earth as well as his final instructions: to go into all the world and teach people the Good News of Jesus to everyone, everywhere.
Read Matthew 28:19-20.
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Remember that no matter what you’re doing or who you’re visiting that we are like these plays. We are a moving stage that displays God’s life and love for everyone to see.
Read Mark 16:15.
15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
Takeaway: Think about how our lives reveal Jesus to others everywhere we go.
