So I woke up this morning reading about how the new Kirk Cameron movie "Saving Christmas" has officially been ranked by IMBD as the single worst movie of all time and I thought THANK GOD!!
Not because I have any ill will towards Cameron...Nor because it matches up to todays note...Soley because the title of that movie and the movement of some to "Save Christmas" annoys me to no end!!
Quick reminder:
"And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." -Matthew 1:21
"But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children." -Galatians 4:4-5
"God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him." -John 3:17
"The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free," -Luke 4:18
We have never needed to save Christmas. We need to be saved from ourselves!!
Thinking that we must "Save Christmas" in any way takes our eyes off the fact that Christmas came to save us!!
Now..Wanna fight socially for the term "Merry Christmas"...Go for it. Wanna argue for nativity scenes to be displayed on government property...All you. Wanna bash people for not believing the same way you do through guilt and condemnation...Not okay, but I can't stop you.
However - Please, literally for the love of God, stop claiming it as "Saving Christmas"!! Christmas doesn't need you or I. We need Christmas!!
And here's the greatest news of all: We have Christmas!!
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." -Isaiah 9:6
"Love one another." -Jesus
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