CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 25, 2025
THE MAN WHO LED ME TO CHRIST ONCE PREACHED A SERMON ABOUT GIVING AND GIFTS. RICHARD HALVERSON, WHO WOULD LATER BECOME CHAPLAIN OF THE U.S. SENATE, SAID A GIFY MUST BE RECEIVED IN ORDER FOR A TRANSACTION TO BE COMPLETE.
MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STATEMENT: “IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE.” THAT’S RECORDED IN ACTS 20:35 WHERE PAUL QUOTES JESUS EMPHASIZING THAT GENEROSITY BRINGS GREATER JOY, HAPPINESS AND BLESSING THAN RECEIVING.
NOTICE HE DOESN’T SAY THERE IS NOT A BLESSING IN RECEIVING A GIFT.
GOD’S GREATEST GIFT IS HIS SON, WHOSE BIRTH CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE AND HONOR TODAY AND SHOULD THE OTHER 364 DAYS A YEAR BECAUSE THIS GIFT IS ONE THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.
RECALL THE VERSE IN JOHN 1:12 – “TO ALL WHO WOULD RECEIVE HIM, TO THEM HE GAVE POWER TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD.”
RECEIVING GOD’S GIFT OF JESUS COMPLETES THE TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE ONE WHO LOVES US AND OURSELVES. IF YOU OR A RELATIVE OR FRIEND HAVE NOT DONE SO, CHRISTMAS DAY WOULD BE A PERFECT TIME TO RECEIVE HIM. THAT WOULD MAKE FOR THE HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS OF ALL. I’M CAL THOMAS.
