CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 25, 2023
WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT CHRISTMAS DAY THAT IS NEW? NOTHING, REALLY, WHICH IS PART OF BOTH ITS CHARM AND ITS POWER.
IT MAY BE THE ONLY DAY OF THE YEAR WHEN MUCH OF THE WORLD REMAINS SILENT. GUNS OFTEN FALL SILENT IN WARS, TOO. WHEN JESUS COMES AGAIN, THEY WILL BE SILENCED FOR GOOD.
FAMILIES WILL BE TALKING A LOT TODAY ABOUT WHAT THEY RECEIVED AND GAVE FOR CHRISTMAS. BUT THE ULTIMATE GIFT FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVE HIM IS JESUS CHRIST. UNLIKE THE GIFTS WE GIVE EACH OTHER WHICH COST MONEY, GOD FREELY GAVE HIS SON TO RESCUE US FROM A CONDITION CALLED SIN, OF WHICH WE HAVE NO HOPE OF RESCUING OURSELVES. PONDER THAT FOR A MOMENT. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO DO IT, BUT HE DID IT OUT OF LOVE FOR US.
JESUS, WHO IS THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, WILLINGLY HUMBLED HIMSELF, EVEN TO DEATH ON A CROSS AT THE HANDS OF PEOPLE HE CREATED, THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS ON THE EARTH AND UNDER THE EARTH THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.
PONDER ANEW THIS CHRISTMAS WHAT THE ALMIGHTY CAN DO – AND WILL DO – IF WE LET HIM. HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
