{"id":4185,"date":"2025-12-21T21:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/?p=4185"},"modified":"2025-12-21T21:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:20:13","slug":"christmas-traditions-2-thess-17-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/christmas-traditions-2-thess-17-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Traditions 2 Thess. 1:7-10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Intro:
- We are going to examine some Christmas traditions which are perversions of Biblical truth.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
  - Here are some of the major Christmas traditions:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  - Santa coming to town<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013
    Instead of waiting around for Santa to arrive (which he won\u2019t), look for Titus 2:13<\/a>, the glorious appearing of Christ.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    And don\u2019t look for him to arrive with \u201crooty toot toots and rummy tum tums.\u201d \u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    He is coming with the sound of a trumpet and in flaming fire to take vengeance [Matt 24:31<\/a>; 2 Thess 1:7-10<\/a>].\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    Santa is supposed to know who\u2019s naughty and nice.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    You\u2019d better not wait for that, but rather prepare for the judgment seat of Christ [2 Cor 5:10<\/a>].\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    Don\u2019t worry about him seeing you when you\u2019re sleeping and when you\u2019re awake.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    He can\u2019t see anything but the Lord can [Prov 15:3<\/a>].\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
    \n
    He\u2019s the one with whom you must concern yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    Santa Claus dressed in red<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\n\n
    Instead of thinking of an imaginary figure bearing gifts, think of Is 63:1-4<\/a>, the color of the Lord\u2019s garments after executing his vengeance on his enemies at his second coming [Rev 14:18-20<\/a>; Rev 19:13-18<\/a>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    Santa Claus with long white hair<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013Instead of thinking of the kindly face of an old fairy tale, think of Rev 1:13-15<\/a>, the Lord Jesus Christ, the greatest gift giver ever known to man.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    And think of him as the supreme ruler after he sets up his kingdom on earth [Dan 7:9<\/a>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    Santa\u2019s gifts to men<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013Instead of thinking about imaginary gifts from the north pole, think about the gifts given to us by Jesus Christ in Eph 4:8-12<\/a> following his ascension.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
    \n
    They are the gifts by which we grow in Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    The Christmas tree<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013Instead of thinking about a decorated tree with many gifts underneath it, think of 1 Cor 1:18<\/a>, the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ where the price of our redemption was paid for all eternity.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord [Rom 6:23<\/a>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    Conclusion:
    As much fun as it is to enjoy time with family and gift exchanges and all that, don\u2019t let the Christmas traditions overshadow the wonderful truths of the words of God.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    Keep your mind and heart on the Lord and trust him as your Saviour, if you haven\u2019t already.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa5oei-15v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4186,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4185\/revisions\/4186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}