A short Christmas Eve message, from Walther's pen

     While defending against the errors of Rome and the Reformed on the Person of Christ, C. F. W. Walther pointed out a lesson from a short Bible verse that deals with the events of the first Christmas. While the Papists make a show of their veneration of saints, especially Mary, the Bible verse Matt. 2:11 stands in the way. From the 1882 Western District essay, p. 46:

“Among the examples presented to us in Holy Scripture, foremost is that of the wise men from the East, of whom it is said: ‘They saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him,’ not the mother, but the child.” (Matthew 2:11)

Not the mother Mary, but the child Jesus in the manager. They directed their worship to the Lord of glory in the manger. We also may all go directly to our Lord Jesus in our prayers. — May the reader see how foolish the Roman Catholic Church is in its teachings on this!