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问
老师，主耶稣不是在十二月二十五日出生的，我们基督徒应该在这一天庆祝耶稣的降生吗？
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答
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圣诞节是否要过？
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新约圣经没有记载耶稣的出生日期。路加福音的作者路加医生博学多才并很注意史实，他对耶稣的生平和传道生涯都做了相当详尽的研究，但是在写路加福音的时候，对于耶稣的出生日期由于无从查考故没有记录下来。
初期的教会没有圣诞节，直到公元第3世纪中期，基督教在罗马合法化以后，历史学家在罗马基督徒习用的日历中发现公元354年12月25日页内记录着：“基督降生在犹大的伯利恒，”到第4世纪，意大利米兰的主教圣安波罗修说服了当时的教会，定下这一天为庆祝耶稣基督诞生的日子。
12月25日本是波斯太阳神的诞辰，这一天又是罗马历书冬至节，崇拜太阳神的异教徒把这一天当作春天的希望，万物复苏的开始，罗马教会选择这一天作为圣诞节，是教会初期力图把异教徒的风俗习惯基督教化的措施之一。后来，大多数教会都接受了将12月25日定为圣诞节的建议。
圣诞节无论是借用异教的节日或者说是崇拜太阳神的日子，都无损于耶稣基督降生的事实、意义以及不能推翻的史实。圣经里面对于耶稣的受洗、受试探、去世、复活与升天也没有详细的日期记载。

圣诞节真正的意义
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说到这里，想告诉你圣诞节真正的意义：
真正的意义不是关于家庭的团聚，而是上帝派遣耶稣来到世上；不是人与人之间彼此相爱，而是上帝爱世人；不是肢体之间彼此赠礼物，而是上帝把在祂看来最为宝贵的礼物——祂的独生爱子赐给了世人。不是商业活动，而是一起这位万王之王，万主之主卑微来到人间为了给人类带来真实的爱与希望。
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圣诞节真正的意义是，原本看不到也摸不到的上帝成为一个人，他可以被人看到，也可以被人摸到。圣婴耶稣的诞生充分地启示了上帝的谦卑，上帝是可以被接近的，而且上帝青睐那些被践踏的、被压迫的人。正因如此，我们应当抛除自己的恐惧去接纳上帝，我们要知道上帝的计划中有我们的一部分，那就是上帝通过耶稣接纳了我们这些信他的人。
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这也正是圣诞节带给我们的信息，上帝不是“不眨眼地凝视着整个宇宙”，而是“带着爱和微笑接纳每一个信耶稣的人” 。