WHO’S FOOL ARE YOU?  A CHRISTMAS CRITIQUE!

Pro 26:11

As a dog returns to his own vomit, So a fool repeats his folly.

It is this time of the year again where the whole world is celebrating in the festive season Christmas in repeating the same folly over and over again.  There is a wide divide between Christians and even non-Christians as to whether we should be celebrating this day.  Every side presents good arguments for and against the concept of Christmas, the Christmas tree and everything that goes with this feast.  There is culture and traditions in all the different nations in the celebration of Christmas.

I understand that we need to take all of this into consideration and also understand that each and every person has the right to his own opinion and conviction of heart in terms of the interpretation of scripture around Christmas and the way we celebrate Christmas or not.

Those of our readers that have followed my articles over the years will remember that I personally take a strong stand against the celebration of Christmas as well as the lack of accurate scriptural support.  However this is a very sentimental issue for most people.  Allow me today to make some reflections upon this event.

Why would we celebrate Christmas being the birth of Christ?  Should we not rather celebrate His resurrection and the crucifixion where He made the most powerful declaration …. IT IS FINISHED.  Are we not allowing sentiment to draw our focus to little baby Jesus in stead of celebrating Christ as the risen LORD? He is the Lord of lords, the King of Kings, seated at the right hand of the Father?  Is this not just sentiment?

IS THERE ANY SCRIPTURAL SUPPORT FOR CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF CHRIST?

If we study the symbolic aspects of the seven different feasts we find that there is not one that aligns to the concept of the birth of Christ.  If God in all of His wisdom did not see fit to celebrate Christ as the baby why on earth have man instituted this event? We have the feast of Passover around the crucifixion of the Lamb. Even the times of the crucifixion and the times for the slaughter of the lamb correspond in detail, how come there is nothing that God orchestrated in the feasts to celebrate the birth of Christ?

Let us take a moment and then also look at who is truly benefiting from this celebration.  Mostly businesses and the cell phone companies are making huge profits over this time as gifts are being bought and sms messages are flying around like crazy.  People respond to every message and gift that they receive.  It becomes a vicious circle of spending and spending and spending.

RELIGIOUS CONSUMERISM

Look a moment at the realities.  Many people in their efforts of staying on par with the rest of the family and friends now partake in this buying frenzy.  Credit cards are being maxed out, personal loans are being taken out all for this deception called the Christmas spirit. Again the world system is laughing with joy as they see their profits grow over this time.

Two weeks later all the gifts, food etc is spent and you keep on paying for the rest of the year for your foolishness and insanity in the race to keep up with the rest of the world.  Are we not fools in allowing ourselves to be fleeced in this way?

I would rather choose to be called a fool for Jesus than to see the Babylonian system filling its pockets with Kingdom resources because of sentiment.  What a waste.

If you really want to celebrate Jesus why not rather respond to the commission of Jesus to go out and make disciples? Why waste Kingdom resources on something that has no eternal value in the Kingdom of God.  Why not rather use all of this energy to advance and invade with the Kingdom of God.

Have the glitter of this world and the world system blinded us so that we are no longer to see and realized that we are being fleeced?

To my Samaritan friends I hear the outcry of indignation as many orphans and widows and those who are less fortunate and the poor who are suffering is being blessed with food and gifts in this time and surely they say that is a good thing.

Again my question is… Who are you fooling?  Maybe it is only your own guilty conscience perhaps?  If you really have a burden for these groups of people why are you not actively involved on a daily basis in changing their destiny?  I know you can not help everyone but surely you can take care of one can’t you or get together with this family of you celebrating Christmas and really make a difference in one or two peoples lives that are permanent and not only a feast for a moment.

If you really want to demonstrate and manifest the Spirit of Christ something needs to change.  Wherever Christ encountered someone that person’s life was changed for good.  How about you and me?  Can we say the same?

Whose fool are you going to be in this December 2025 festive season?  Are you going to keep on supporting the Babylonian System or are you going to take a real stand for Jesus and celebrate Christ in the way he demonstrated Christ life to us while He walked the face of the earth.

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Are you going to continue to be a fool of your own soul dimension.  Moved with sentiment and responding to sentiment in stead of taking a stand and aligning yourself with the true Spirit of Christ?

Who’s fool are you?