While some argue that Christmas is pagan, commercial, or even demonic, I use it (like the stop sign) as a reminder, that Jesus came into the world to save sinners, as well as a reminder to take every opportunity to preach the gospel to the lost. They are the ones that need to hear its message. I’m sure you know the story of the Good Samaritan. He’s the one that showed that he loved his neighbor as himself by tending to the needs of a stranger. His example should be the normal practice for human beings, but it’s not. This is evident when someone returns a wallet that is full of money or he gives his jacket to a homeless person on a cold day. Such kindness becomes instant and national news (especially around Christmas), and the fact that its newsworthy is a testimony of the rarity of human kindness. Would you stop and help a stranger if he had been beaten? I’m sure you would. Would you bathe his wounds, put him in your car, take him to a place where he would be cared for, and then tell the manager that whatever he spends you will pay the bill? Here’s another even more revealing question. Do you help those whom the enemy has ravaged in his agenda to kill steal and destroy? Do you pour in the oil and the wine of the gospel? Or do you cross over to the other side, busy with God’s work and leave the task of evangelism to others? There is no greater evidence that we fall short of loving our unsaved neighbor, than the complacency that we have to the fact that he is heading for a very real Hell. Is Christmas pagan? Is Santa “Satan” misspelled? Are trees in the house a form of idolatry? That’s something you have to work out for yourself. In the meanwhile use Santa’s bouncy stomach as a springboard for the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. And do it this Christmas, while it’s still legal to do so. S
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:35:08 +0000
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