Think about the ramifications it could have though if you lied to him about Santa Claus and
You know I'm serious people do use Santa Claus atheists do use Santa Claus against Christians
They do and the Bible says in Proverbs 12 22 lying lips are an abomination to the Lord
But they that deal truly are his delight a prudent man conceal with knowledge
But the heart of the fools proclaimeth foolishness, so what are people that don't believe what are they going to proclaim?
Santa Claus, that's foolishness isn't it?
That some fat white guy can go around the world and one night and give everybody presents down the tree
And give coal to all the bad kids. I mean that's a lot of people to visit right
Santa Claus also promotes a works-based salvation to children, which is a lie also
If you're good you get put on the list and you get presents from him right if you're a good boy
Right who's heard that before everybody right? He knows when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. That's pretty creepy
He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake I mean who doesn't know that song
But you know and if you're bad you get coal or Krampus comes to visit you and does whatever. I don't know whatever anyway
steals you
But isn't that what it is
It's like let's replace the free gift of God's grace the free gift of salvation
With a workspace you better be good for goodness sake because Santa Claus is coming to town
You're not going to get any presents if you're not good
You know cuz aren't you earning that gift then?
Isn't that just totally the opposite of what the Bible teaches about salvation?
Is that you know that's what but that's what people think when we go to people's doors. What do they think?
Oh, I just got to be a good person. I got a little good life
I got a big you know I got to do good to my neighbor fall after Jesus
And they just list all the works that they think that they have to do to be saved
But what's the Bible teach for by grace?
Are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast
So God's grace is not given to us
Because of we're a good boy or girl or not. Yeah, that's not how it works the good doesn't outweigh the bad
But see that's what the world wants you to think
That's what we're trained from the moment from a child to believe in why do you think so many people believe even kids believe it?
Because they I mean I honestly think that it's possible that Santa Claus and the Christmas story could be
Almost a hundred percent responsible for why people believe in a workspace salvation salvation
I mean, I can't prove that so I'm not stating as a definitive fact
But when you teach kids that they have to be good to get good to get a gift
That's not that's not