Dale Partridge - Should Christians Do Santa Claus？

00:00:00.000 very simply i think not god commands his people to abstain from lying specifically not to bear

00:00:06.680 false witness which is the ninth commandment teaching your children that santa is real that

00:00:10.960 he's someone that they're supposed to believe in that they should modify their behavior to earn

00:00:14.780 his favor is not only a deceitful lie but it's also a concept contrary to the message of christmas

00:00:20.120 furthermore it's become clear that santa has become the culture's replacement figure for christ

00:00:25.200 during the advent season the truth is the modern santa is a fictitious man whom culture has

00:00:30.320 decorated with christ-like characteristics we've all sung the lyrics he sees you when you're

00:00:34.720 sleeping he knows when you're awake he knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness 0.85

00:00:39.120 sake in other words the santa lie calls us to teach our children to believe in an omniscient 0.95

00:00:44.400 and omnipresent judge of morality who rewards them on the basis of their good works as silly

00:00:49.600 as it may sound christian parents need to be very careful not to divert their young children's

00:00:54.480 affections from the grace and truth of the savior to the burden and lies of a character that's far

00:00:59.220 less significant ultimately the santa lie will break down trust between you and your child but

00:01:03.740 even more seriously do you believe that after five to ten years of telling your children to believe 0.93

00:01:08.100 in and behave for a man they can't see that they won't apply their broken trust toward the other

00:01:13.440 man that you told them to believe in and behave for who they also can't see jesus christ in other

00:01:18.840 words if you lied to them about santa why should they believe that you're not lying to them about

00:01:23.200 Christ.

Dale Partridge - November 22, 2022