Santa or Christ?
1914 Santa Claus in japan (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The salvation of sinners through the death and resurrection of Jesus is the goal of Christmas . Jesus came at Christmas to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10). Jesus came at Christmas to save sinners ( 1 Timothy 1:15). Jesus came at Christmas to give his life a ransom for many (Mark 10:45). Jesus came at Christmas not to call the righteous, but sinners (Matthew9:13). Jesus came at Christmas to destroy the works of the devil ( 1 John 3:8). Jesus came at Christmas that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death ( Hebrews 2:14). So the birth of the Son of God , the very God, very man, is simply stunning and glorious and infinitely serious, an overflow of the happy news. The angel called it “good news of great joy” — great joy, not small joy, not a little bit of joy, but great joy (Luke 2:10). It is mindboggling to me that any Christian would even contemplate such a trade, that we would divert attention