Christmas Feast: Christ Rekindles Hope

On Christmas Day, Christians of the Etoug-Ebe Baptist Church in Yaounde were told Jesus Christ is the solution to all problems.

Christians worldwide yesterday December 25, 2017 commemorated the birth of Jesus Christ through various church services in different denominations. At the Etoug-Ebe Baptist Church in Yaounde, activities to grace the day was marked by a special church service during which Christians were told that Christmas is the hope of a better future.

As early at 10:00 a.m. on Christmas Day, Christians of Etoug-Ebe Baptist church beautifully dressed in the colours of the season began the special service with Christmas melodies announcing the birth of Jesus Christ, the Saviour to mankind. The officiating Pastor, Paul Meme while reading from the biblical verses Isaiah 9:2-3, 6 and Ephesians 2:17-1, titled his sermon “Christmas, The Hope of a Better Future.” In his message, Pastor Paul Meme said the book of Isaiah is widely regarded as one of the greatest prophets in the Bible.

In Isaiah chapter 8 and 9, God showed the prophet how Israelites were suffering physically and spiritually in slavery. Relating it to present day, he said individuals suffer physically when the flesh is affected, and spiritually when one lives far away from the presence of God which was the case with the Israelites. For Prophet Isaiah, God has provided a way out of anguish which is “the new born baby”, the given son, Jesus Christ. Paul Meme told the congregation that God has given to the worl...