The prayers to Santa go out and up of things children want and Santa gets all of the praise as that big red provider of Christmas. God and Christ has competition to be recognized.
We read a short story of how the Holy Spirit conceived Christ in Mary's wound and bore the son of god into the world but we spend most of the time and money parading Santa to convince the kids that Santa Claus is a real provider of all good things that we enjoy. As a kid I was confused as to which power I should align with and give my loyalty to and trust.
Since the beginning of time man has sought a substitute for God. In
the desert the children of
Who has ever seen a Red Cross? There are only three generic colors and they are red, blue
and yellow. White is not considered a color and neither is black. So have a merry happy red holiday and leave God out unless you are willing to put God in and leave Santa Claus out. When you really study the Bible then you realize that God will not share with Santa.
God will not share the stage with the Virgin Mother Mary as being worshiped or praised.
"And if it seen evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve, ....but for me and my house we will serve the Lord". Joshua 24-15. Forsake not the true.
Even the Italian-mobsters or pictured with giving hearts stopping on Christmas to observe and be charitable. It is easy for Italians to accept Santa Claus after all they accepted Mary.
Once the children are loosed from God and principal they are targets for demonology as a religion and witchcraft such as Harry Potter, Superman and gambling as Satan's devices proliferate in all of this country. We are destitute without knowing God truly and fully and with all the glory He can provide us to live a wonderful life devoted to Christ as our Lord.
It is announced on television that America is back to its old true self with dirty advertising
dominating the airways after 911. Imagine that even the advertisers had to clean up after we were struck by a secret enemy that many think came from our own friendly fire source.
I used to think business was bad as it is this year when the Republicans were in office due to their "conservative" policy but now I think they conservatively take all for themselves.
Dirty is not a good way to describe politics because church is not that nasty. Can anyone ever paint a picture that would depict us where we really are with the fallen church in a fallen nation that has accepted a substitute God and forbidden prayer or life to be lived.
Christmas is described as Christ mass and as a festival celebrating the birth of Christ on earth. The Armenians celebrate it January 9 but no one seems to think it's the actual day.
Christmas seems to be more of an American thing fueled by commerce more than religion.
For many years products coming out of
The dictionary shows x as a substitute for Christ. There are only 85 words that began with an X. The Christmas tree is also a symbol of Christmas. I would like to think that this was taken from the tree of life in Genesis and in Revelation but I am not sure if it is the original meaning. I have purchased fruit to give away literally a carload of it from the Farmer's Market in cardboard cartons. I will put it in baskets for gifts to friends and neighbors and to any and everyone I see that need it especially the citrus fruit high in vitamin C needed daily to prevent colds and flu. Thank the Lord for life and breath to carry on the witness.