A Dramatic Reading For Christmas

The following reading is based on various Scripture readings for the Christmas season. Reader 1:The world was filled with the darkness of sin and desperately needed a savior. God promised such a deliverer through the prophets. Reader 2:Isaiah wrote: "The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned" (Isa. 9:2). Reader 3:This light came to us through Jesus Christ. He was born to be the light for our darkness. Reader 4:Concerning Jesus, the apostle John said: "In Him was life, and that life was the light of men" (John 1:4). Reader 2:For the most part, people did not recognize this light. Often Jesus spoke of His mission. Reader 4:At one point He said,"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life" (John 8:12). Reader 1:God does not desire that humans stay in the darkness that they created for themself. At Christmas we can remember this …