Why does Santa looks so sad? He discovered that the people all over the world believed in him, but not in God.
This is a puzzling statement, yet it is true! How is it that people can believe in things that are simply stories that have been enhanced over many years, yet they do not want to believe truth? Why is it this way?
I have an example from my own life. A bunch of men I’ve been with have a commercial microwave they all use. Every one of these men pull that microwave about a foot away from the wall. When I use it, I push it towards the wall. It makes access easier for me. I’ve been told a few thousand times that I will cause the microwave to burn up. I’m the type person who tries not to argue and I tend to look for facts. So, I wrote a letter to the manufacturer. I got a reply from the electronics department telling me there is no harm in pushing the microwave to the wall. The microwave is actually designed to operate in an enclosed cabinet. So, I shared this information which is fact, with a group of men. What was the result? They still insist they are correct and the engineers who designed that microwave are wrong!
I guess I give up on showing the facts to those men about the microwave! But, what about you? Do you believe in God; the God of the Bible that is?!
We know there was a man we call St. Nicholas who did some nice things. That story grew into one of the biggest, funniest stories I know of. And facts are facts. You can convince me of anything if I know the facts. Why should we believe in God, the God of the Bible? Here are a few reasons:
The Bible contains more than 900 prophecies, of which most have happened. The ones that have not yet happened, involve the end times. The prophecies were made, in some cases, many hundred years before they happened, but, they happened the way God told us it would happen. No other book ever written can even come close to this, because no other book really contains prophecies. Okay, you ask, ‘What about Nostradamus?’ Glad you brought him up! When you unbiasedly and truly study his writings, you’ll discover it is all a lot of baloney! Enough said.
Look at how complicated this world really is: our eyeball, how it works. How it differs from many animals. Think how the brain interprets what we see into thoughts and words. This is the eye. But our world contains millions of complicated things, and you expect me to believe there is no God that created it?
People tell me ‘ I do not believe in God or in Hell.’ They say when they die there is no afterlife. Well, think about this: if they are right, then I do not lose anything at all. But, if I am right, they will face God; they will end up in the torment of Hell and eternal torment. If I’m right, they lose everything! It is safer to be a believer. You will either lose nothing or gain everything! Our cartoon Santa is sad because the one true God of the Bible is sad too. God is sad that some people do not believe in Him, even though evidence of His handiwork is all around us. Seek God. Accept that Jesus Christ came to earth to save you! God bless!
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23)
“For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23a)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” (John 3:16-17)
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6)
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”(2 Corinthians 5:21)
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”(1 John 1:9)
“… The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”(Mark 1:15)
“Jesus saith… I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”(John 14:6)
“Jesus said… I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”(John 11:25-26)
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”(2 Corinthians5:17)
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”(John 3:36)
O heavenly King, O Comforter, the Spirit of truth, who art in all places and fillest all things; Treasury of good things and Giver of life:
Come and dwell in me and cleanse me from every stain, and save my soul, O gracious Lord.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: have mercy on me.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
All-holy Trinity, have mercy on me. Lord, cleanse me from my sins. Master, pardon my iniquities. Holy God, visit and heal my infirmities for thy Name’s sake. Lord, have mercy.