Santa Claus

Santa: A symbol of what humanity should struggle for; self-sacrifice, good will towards men, and Glad tidings to all. The idealism that humanity can overcome its greedy self-serving attitude.

          Most, if not all, children are taught to believe in Santa. Faith like a child is a well-known fact. The children know their parents would never lie to them.

          But, as we grow up, we find that it is the mind of the delusional who holds to such fabricated fantasies. If we were lied to about Santa, what else could we have been deceived about; Tooth Fairy, Ester Bunny, -- God?

          We have undermined our own ability to believe absolutely. In the back of our sub-conscious minds, we can no longer fully trust in a childlike faith.  

          God may prevent Satan from influencing children, maybe not, but Satan doesn’t need to dominate the children. The parents do the will of Satan for him. Satan is the deceiver, the liar; and while we know it, we choose to overlook, that he is smarter than we mortals are. 

          God gave us laws. And, for those who rebel against laws, he gave parables. And, for those who are too literal for parables he gave warnings. And, for those who take all of that as foolish over dramatization, he gave us the vision of the future. Yet, with all of this, we still do not heed his words. We are like moths drawn to the flames of hell. 

Jesus says clearly that it would be better to tie an anchor around our neck and be drown in the ocean than to lead a child astray. Even the seemingly harmless magic of Santa, is deceiving—lying. Great evil always strikes at the vulnerable targets. Who is more defenseless than our children. 

Proverbs teaches that a wise man makes himself better to help others become better, but a fool lives only to die. The way of the fool seems right to him, but a wise man seeks counsel. We all too often seek our own counsel, or the other easy path—following the rest of the lemmings off the cliff.

My six year old son pointed out to me a fact that I cannot deny. I am a bad parent. 

Son: “I’m afraid to sleep in my bed because of the aliens.”

Dad: “There are no such things as aliens, but if they were real God would protect you from them.”

Son: “God isn’t real. The aliens and zombies are.”

Ouch, what have I done. The schools, TV, and the rest of the world have been doing my job—wrong. Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Another instance just tonight. We were watching the 1994 Miracle on 34^th Street and someone said Santa isn’t real. Instantly my six year old says’ “He is real.”

I had to think about it for a while. There are so many movies about Santa, and how the parents don’t believe in him, and no later than the end of the movie, everyone believes. Even Christian movies don’t show God himself when proving the existence of God through the story. 

I don’t know the answers. The Amish seem to be just as messed up as the rest of us. I guess I will have to trust that God has a plan, and no matter how bad I mess things up, as long as I am doing his will, he will make it work.

Santa: A hope for humanity, and its giving up on self-destructive behavior; or a carefully constructed plan to weaken the ability of man to believe in the divine authority of the invisible creator?

FYI, Nicolas is one of Satan’s names. Saint Nicolas= Saint Devil.

Santa or Satan. 

Jolly old Saint Nick. Old Nick: A well-known British name of the Devil.

Kriss Kringle A US name for Santa Claus derived from the German Christkindl (little Christ child).

If Satan’s want is power and to be god, then what better way than to impersonate Christ through children’s greatest love—Santa Clause. Everything about Santa Claus can be found in the Bible—describing Jesus.

Shut the Hell Up

 I know what you are thinking, but hell is not a bad word, it’s a bad place. Hell is not the underworld were the devil lives and rules from. It is prison for the devil and all of the sinners--those that hate and reject God--like him. 

Jesus never defended his earthly body, career, possessions, or his rights. The one thing in the world he deemed valuable enough to defend was the house of his father— he chased out the money hungry televangelists.

When Jesus was on trial for crimes of which he was innocent, his only defense was to remain quiet. Jesus never uttered a word in defense. He could have annihilated them with his words alone, yet he chose to sacrifice his rights and entitlement to life, liberty, and the pursuit of inconsequential earthliness.

In his prayer to God he revealed that he had no want to suffer and die. It was no sick masochistic desire to suffer. His only will was to serve his father. His father, God, did not want him to suffer and die, but was willing to allow it in order to fulfill the purpose of his dirt-flesh body.

Jesus is God, in a way that we humans cannot understand, but in his mortal form he chose to set the perfect example for us. Despite our self-proclaimed greatness, our human form is as nothing—dirt. We are a soul, we have a body.

Philippians 2:5-8

English Standard Version (ESV)

⁵ Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. ⁸And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

After Jesus allowed them to do their worst to him, after they tortured him, defamed him, and finally killed him, then he proved himself.

Jesus remained sinless and rested on the Sabbath. But, on the day after the Sabbath, he acted. Jesus lifted his corpse from the bondages of death and proved by his actions that he was no liar, and he is the son of God.

When we think our injustice is too much to bear, are we better than Jesus? When the world’s cruelty is too unbearable, are you saying that you do not deserve it, because you are better than the son of God?

Why did Jesus remain quit, even in the face of such a great wrong? Maybe he knew something that we don’t— but should. Regardless of whether he could have talked his way out of trouble or not, he showed us truth. He did not tell us, but showed us. 

All through the Old Testament the tongue was the example of evil words spoken. We were told of its condemning effects. In the New Testament Jesus showed that evil is overcome by taming the tongue. Resist the devil and he will flee from you, so he cannot take you down with him.

So, if we keep our mouths shut, we are essentially shutting the gate to hell, because our words show our sin and cause others to sin.

The more we say, the less people hear. People always focus on the negative. People are only hearing your negativity, and are oblivious to anything encouraging you may have to say. You words of anger invalidate any words of love.

Proof of your love, or lack of, is in how you speak of those whom you claim to love when they are not around. Are your words loving and worthy, or are they selfish hate filled and un-Godly.

Grumbling about your spouse to your children is destructive. Whining to your family about your spouse is destructive. Complaining to friends, willing and unwilling to hear, is destructive. Abaddon, Apollyon, The "Destroyer" Released. Satan comes to lie, steal, and kill; what side do your actions show you to be on.

If your rage and un-Godly ways spread to those around you, you are working for the devil. And, he is rewarding you with eternal damnation. 

Doing right isn’t rewarded. It is a sacrifice to God, a giving up of one’s self, to allow the holy spirit of God to work freely in us. No matter the pains and suffering of life, the rewards are in heaven alone. 

To give up one’s self, is to give up selfishness and pride— our most prized possession— our entitlement to what we what and the consequences be damned.

The bible teaches us ways to live healthy Godly lives, but we have to purposely put it into practice. We must believe it, or we cannot live it. If you do not live it, you do not believe it.

James 1:22

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 ²²But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

2 Timothy 2:14-26

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 ¹⁴Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. ¹⁵Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. ¹⁶But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, ¹⁷and their talk will spread like gangrene.

Sin is a disease, and like all bacteria, virus, and fungus, it will grow and consume your entire existence, if it is left untreated. Hate, gossip, lying, deceiving, quarreling, are as addictive as gambling, alcoholism, porn, abuse, and are just as destructive to any relationship. 

If you can’t stop yourself, decide to get new friends who won’t encourage you to sin. Stay away from family members who perpetuate your sinning for the purpose of using you to get what they want. None of them truly love you if they will allow you to, or help you to, destroy your marriage, children, or other Christians.

1 Corinthians 15:33

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³³ Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals."

You must choose to be on God’s side, he is already on yours. Not choosing is still choosing, just the wrong side, any side that is not God’s is the devil’s. You must choose to shut your own personal door to hell.

James 1:26

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 ²⁶If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.

So, shut it. Shut your mouth, the gate to hell. You will find that even your negative thoughts will fade. Negativity and anger are not as fun as you think; it’s an addiction like crack that you only think you can’t live without.

Proverbs 13:3