The Bigotry of Tolerance: A Christmas Message
As I write this its 6:00 am, Christmas morning. I just wanted to take a second a wish you all a Merry Christmas and I pray you all have a great day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
The world has entered a phase where this day has become a non-holiday in the eyes of a lot of people, a loud minority that is "offended" because we do not believe as they do. These people who scream "tolerance" are attempting to silence Christians by removing the very core of the reason the holiday was established in the first place.
I am going to be spending the morning celebrating Christmas at a place where everyone is a believer, except one. Because of that one person, everyone else tends to dance around the issue and not bring up the name of the one whose birth we are celebrating. I'm guilty of it, too. In the past, I have tried to keep everybody happy by going along and not offending anyone by forcing them to hear the name of Jesus spoken out loud.
But, this is OUR holiday to celebrate the birth of OUR lord and Savior. We need to stand up and let people know. If someone wants to ignore the reason we all gather together on the 25th of December to exchange gifts, sing songs and praise our God, fine. I'm not "offended" by that. Let them go to work.
Why are the taking the day to celebrate something they don't believe in, don't care about and are actively trying to eliminate from our culture?
The bigotry of "tolerance" wants to keep the name of Jesus out of the holiday created to celebrate His birth and still be able to enjoy the superficial customs that have been added to it. They want their "holiday" dinner and their "holiday" presents without having a reason for the "holiday" in the first place.
You can walk around any town, get on television and radio and speak freely about any god you want. You can talk about the universe, allah, shiva, the goddess or any other "deity", but you can't say the name of Jesus without "offending" someone. It doesn't matter that suppression of that particular freedom is offensive to those of us who take the Creator of the universe seriously. There is something to think about there. If you were satan and wanted to suppress the only power that could cause you any harm, whose name would you attempt to keep off people's lips?
As offensive as it may be, I am proud to stand up and say
JESUS IS LORD
and today, Christmas, is set aside to celebrate the birth of the one who came to earth for the sole purpose sacrificing His life, paying for our sins, taking satan on face to face, throwing wide the doors to the bosom of Abraham to set free the ones that had been waiting for Him and giving everyone of us that accepts Him as Lord to enter into His presence forever.
Matthew 27 (New King James Version)51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. |
Today is Christmas! Celebrate the birth of our Lord!
AMEN…. Jessie