CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 25, 2024
I HAVE A QUESTION AND ALSO AN ANSWER. WHY IS IT THAT WE FOCUS ON THEN BIRTH AND LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST ONLY ONE DAY OF THE YEAR? ANSWER: BECAUSE SATAN IS THE GREAT DISTRACTOR. HE DISTRACTS US WITH OTHER THINGS – SPORTS AND ESPECIALLY POLITICS – THE ECONOMY AND SO MUCH ELSE.
CHRISTMAS OUGHT TO BE A TIME WHEN WE FOCUS ON WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US. IN A RECENT MESSAGE AT OCEAN REEF CHAPEL IN KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, I ASKED THE CONGREGATION IF THEY HAD EVER SAID TO SOMEONE WHO GAVE THEM A GIFT: “YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO DO THAT”?
GOD DIDN’T HAVE TO SEND HIS SON INTO THIS SINFUL WORLD. JESUS WASN’T FORCED TO COME. BUT HE LONGED TO DO THE WILL OF HIS FATHER AND SO HE HUMBLED HIMSELF, TAKING OFF ALL THE TRAPPINGS THAT WERE HIS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY HUMANITY COULD BE REDEEMED.
JESUS CAME DOWN THAT WE MIGHT GO UP. THIS WAS AND IS THE ULTIMATE DEMONSTRATION OF LOVE.
ENJOY THE UNWRAPPING OF GIFTS. HAVE FUN WATCHING THE FOOTBALL GAMES. BUT DON’T BE DISTRACTED FROM THE CENTRAL MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS: GOD BECAME A MAN. JESUS SAID IF WE HAVE SEEN HIM WE HAVE SEEN THE FATHER.
WHAT JOY HE BROUGHT – AND STILL BRINGS – TO THE WORLD. HAPPY CHRISTMAS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
