The Christmas Conversion
By Assistant Pastor Dr. Jaden Fitzpatrick | November 30, 2025
Father, hide me behind the cross. Give us unction to function. Remove every distraction. May we hear exactly what You have for us today. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
On December 21, 2025, Assistant Pastor Dr. Jaden Fitzpatrick delivers a powerful Christmas message titled “The Christmas Conversion” from Luke 2:10–11. Using Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (and a healthy dose of Muppet humor), he shows how Ebenezer Scrooge’s encounter with three spirits mirrors the Holy Spirit’s work in every heart: confronting the past, challenging the present, and convicting about the future. Only one thing can truly change a life: “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Christmas isn’t just a season—it’s the story of how Jesus redeems yesterday, renews today, and secures tomorrow.
1. The Past That Confronts Us
The Ghost of Christmas Past showed Scrooge his lonely childhood and hardened heart. Dr. Fitzpatrick urges: “Sometimes we need to look back—not to stay there, but to see where we’ve been.” “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). We must reflect on the reflection of sin and the remembrance of sorrow—“He was wounded for our transgressions… and by His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). The manger reminds us: God stepped into our past to redeem it. “You can’t change your past—but Christ can clean it up.” A gangbanger named Phil wakes up weeping over his past, yet Jesus washed it white as snow. The past confronts us so we’ll run to the Savior who covers it.
2. The Present That Challenges Us
The Ghost of Christmas Present revealed joy and hardship—yet Scrooge saw his own selfishness. Today challenges us with a call to care (“Freely ye have received, freely give” – Matthew 10:8), a chance to change (“Now is the accepted time” – 2 Corinthians 6:2), and the Christ who comforts (“Lo, I am with you alway” – Matthew 28:20). We’re so future-focused we neglect people hurting today. Interruptions aren’t inconveniences—they’re divine appointments. Jesus doesn’t ask what you don’t have—He asks what you’re willing to give. Little becomes much when placed in His hands.
3. The Future That Convicts Us
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come showed Scrooge a grave with his own name—and no one mourning. The future brings the reality of judgment (“It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” – Hebrews 9:27) and the reward of Jesus (“Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me” – Revelation 22:12). “Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15). Your eternal future depends on your present response to Christ. At the judgment, it won’t matter how many church services you attended or how nice your tie was—only one question: “Is your name in the Book?”
The past is forgiven.
The present is filled.
The future is secure—
when Jesus is your Saviour.
Scrooge was changed by the spirit of Christmas. Only the Spirit of Christ can give you a true Christmas conversion. This Christmas, let the past confront you, the present challenge you, and the future convict you—until you bow and say, “Unto me is born a Saviour—which is Christ the Lord.”