CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 13, 2022
I WAS IN A CHAIN STORE RECENTLY AND THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WERE EVERYWHERE. IN FACT, THEY WERE PUT UP BEFORE HALLOWEEN. THE ONE THING MISSING WAS ANY REFERENCE TO THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.
IT’S NOT THE CLICHÉ PEOPLE USE WHEN REFERRING TO HELPING SOMEONE WITH FOOD OR PAYING THEIR RENT. YOU KNOW “THAT’S THE REAL SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS.” THERE WERE NO SIGNS WITH THE NAME OF JESUS ON THEM. NO NATIVITY SCENES. NO RECOGNITION THAT THE REAL REASON FOR THE SEASON, AS CHRISTMAS CARDS OF THE PAST USED TO SAY, IS NOT TOYS AND GIFTS, BUT A PERSON.
JESUS OFFERS US THE ULTIMATE GIFT – ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE ON OUR BEHALF. THAT MESSAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN OFFENSE TO THE WORLD BECAUSE IT REQUIRES ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SIN, REPENTANCE AND A COMMITMENT TO CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE. PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR SIN. SATAN HAS MADE SIN COMFORTABLE, OTHERWISE PEOPLE WOULD NOT REVEL IN IT.
THIS CHRISTMAS, HOW ABOUT GIVING A FAMILY MEMBER, A FRIEND OR WORK COLLEAGUE THE ULTIMATE GIFT. GIVE THEM JESUS. HIS SIZE FITS ALL AND THEY WON’T WANT TO RETURN IT. PLUS, HE OFFERS A LIFETIME GUARANTEE FOR THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
