CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 22, 2020
THE PASTOR AT MY CHURCH IS IN A SERIES LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS. HE’S PREACHING THE FOUR COUPLETS OF WORDS ISAIAH USES TO DESCRIBE THE COMING MESSIAH: WONDERFUL COUNSELOR; MIGHT GOD; EVERLASTING FATHER; PRINCE OF PEACE.
LAST SUNDAY, WHILE SPEAKING OF THE THIRD COUPLET – EVERLASTING FATHER – HE MENTIONED THAT GOD OFFERS US SECURITY IN CHRIST. HE USED AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE FILM “A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS.” PERHAPS YOU HAVE SEEN IT. IT SHOWS ALL THE CHARACTERS – CHARLIE BROWN, LUCY, PIG PEN AND THE REST, BUSY PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS. AND THEN CHARLIE BROWN ASKS IF SOMEONE CAN TELL HIM THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.
LINUS STARTS READING FROM LUKE, CHAPTER 2 AND IN THE ONLY TIME I CAN EVER REMEMBER, HE DROPS HIS BLANKET, WHICH HAS BEEN HIS SECURITY.
CHARLES SCHULTZ, THE AUTHOR OF THE “PEANUTS” COMIC STRIP, WAS A BELIEVER AND HE WANTED TO COMMUNICATE THE REAL MEANING OF THE EVENT, NOT ONLY TO CHILDREN, BUT TO ADULTS. THE PASTOR’S POINT? OUR SECURITY IS IN JESUS CHRIST AND IN NO ONE, OR NOTHING ELSE, NOT EVEN A BLANKET. I’M CAL THOMAS.
