ADORE - The First Noel

The best Christmas songs are not about snow or presents or Santa Claus. The best songs are about the true Christmas, the first Christmas. That’s why this year’s theme is ADORE, the music and the message of Christmas. “Joy to the world, the Lord is come.” “O come, let us adore Him.” “Silent night, holy night.” This message highlights “The First Noel.” “Noel” is the French word for Christmas and the Latin word for birth. The “first Noel” refers to the first Christmas, the first birth, the first announcement. Luke 2 records the first Noel, the night the birth of Jesus Christ was announced to shepherds watching over their flocks. The first Noel was the moment the Messiah was introduced to the world, and an angel declared, “For today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11).