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What a false, fake substitute the world puts forth at this time for that true message.  Do you remember these words?
You better watch out.  You better not cry.  You better not pout.  I'm
       telling you why; Santa Claus is coming to town.
He's making a list and he's checking it twice; gonna find out whose
       naughty and nice.  Santa Claus is coming to town.

       He sees you when you're sleeping; he knows when you're awake.  He
       knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sakes.

       You better watch out.  You better not cry.  You better not pout.  I'm
       telling you why; Santa Claus is coming to town.

Now does that threaten you?  That is a very threatening poem.  That is
intended to scare children.  Now listen, if you look at the letters of Santa,
you will see that Satan is hidden in Santa.  When we teach a child to sing
this song, we are teaching him a false theology.  We are teaching him a false
set of doctrine.  Let me see if I can explain it to you.

First, that song teaches that Santa is a transcendent being.  He lives on a
higher plane.  He lives on another level.  He transcends time and space.  He
has powers equal to whom?  God!  Not only that, he knows everything.  He's
omniscient.  "He knows when you're sleeping.  He knows when you're awake.  He
knows when you're naughty.  He knows when you're nice."  He knows everything.

Not only that, he's everywhere.  "He sees you when you're sleeping."  He's
not only omniscient, he's omnipresent.  And he is watching to see whether you
have been good or bad.  And not only that, but he bestows favors.  Now on
what basis does Santa give his favors?  What must I do to receive good things
from this transcendent being, called Santa.  Well it is very simple, I have
to be what?  Good.  I can "earn" Santa's favor.  If I am good, Santa will
give me gifts.  After all, he's making a list and he is checking it twice to
make sure that we've been either naughty of nice.  And on the basis on how
we've been, he'll deal with us.

And if I'm not nice and good, I won't get any gifts.  So I better be good for
goodness sake, not to mention for my own sake or anybody else's sake.  But
do you want to know something about Santa?  He may be transcendent, and he
may be omniscient, and he may be omnipotent, and he may be omnipresent.  He
may be dispensing all of the good things, but you know what?  You can't trust
him.  You can't trust him.  You say, "What do you mean by that?"

It says, "He's checking to see if you are naughty or nice."  And you better
be good for goodness sake, because if you aren't good, you won't what?  You
won't get anything.  You want to know something?  That's not true.  Plenty of
times I haven't been good and I get something anyway.  Every year I get
something.  And you want to know the truth of it?  There are a lot of naughty
people that get a lot and there are a lot of nice people that don't get
anything.

Do you know what about Santa Claus?  You can't trust him.  He doesn't even
stay true to his own word.  He's blustering around and warning everybody to
mind your manners and be good all the time; be nice and not naughty and good
and not bad.  And then you know what?  When Christmas comes he caves in, and
even when we have been naughty he gives us all that stuff.  And sometimes he
overlooks people that are nice.  He really can't be trusted.  His threats are
meaningless and so are his promises.  But that's good because it takes the
sting out of him.

And there is another good thing about Santa; you only have to worry about him
once a year.  He only shows up once and you know when it is; it's always on
Dec 25th, so you can get your act together just a few days before.  You say,
"Well where is he the rest of the time?"  Oh, he's in the North Pole.  Could
that be heaven in Satan's little scheme?  "What's he doing?"  Oh, he has all
these elfs around him.  "What are they doing?"  Whatever he tells them.
Mostly, meaningless things like make toys.  He is sort of inane isn't he?  He
threatens but never fulfills his threats.  He promises but doesn't always
fulfill his promises.

Is it any wonder that if I believe all that as a child, when I come to be an
adult, I might have a hard time believing in a Transcendent God who does know
everything, who is everywhere, who does have all power, who does keep his
promises and his threats, and who does not save me and give me good gifts on
the basis of my works but on the basis of His grace.  If Santa has been my
understanding of God, then I am in trouble.  That's why I say, hidden in the
letters of Santa is Satan.

I am glad for a God who is absolutely dependable.  I can trust His promises.
I can trust His threats.  He is everywhere at all times and He doesn't just
show up once a year.  He is here all of the time.  And He gives His great
gift, not on the basis of our works but on the basis of His grace through
faith.
 Elohim. This name is found in Genesis 2:4, and is thc most common
name for God in the Old Testament.  It is a compound word, and clearly
points out the Godhead as Father, Son, and Spirit--"Elohim"--a PLURAL
word.  It can also be translated as "gods" when dealing with the gods
that oppose the true God (God the Father), and it is very significant
to know that the Lord said, "...The gods that have not made the
heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from
under these heavens" (Jeremiah 10:11).  The Lord Himself said, "I am
the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me..." (Isa.
45:5).  There is no other Saviour.  The Christian who has doubts about
these things should spend time studying Isaiah chapters 41 through 48.
This first name for God, "Elohim," means, "One who is mighty," or "The
Lord who creates."

  "El Elyon." This name for God is found in Genesis 14:22.  and
means "The One who is supreme," or "The Lord who owns."

  "Adonai." This name for God is found in Genesis 15:2.  and means
"The Lord our Master," or "The One who is ruling."

  El Olam." This name for God is found in Genesis 21:33, and means,
"The Lord who reveals Himself," or "The One who is mysterious."

  "Jehovah Jireh." This name for God is found in Genesis 22:14, and
means, "The Lord who provides."

  "Jehovah Rapha," from Exodus 15:26, means "The One who heals."

  "Jehovah Nissi," from Exodus 17:15, means "The Lord our Banner."

  "El Shaddai," from Genesis 17:1, means "The All-Sufficient One."

  "Jehovah Shalom," from Judges 6:24, means "The Lord our Peace."

  Jehovah Sabaoth," from I Samuel 1:3, means "The Lord of Hosts."

  "Jehovah Tsidkenu," from Jeremiah 23:6, means "The Lord our
Righteousness."

  "Jehovah Shammah," from Ezekiel 48:35, means "The One close by,"
or "The One present."

  "Jehovah Elyon," from Psalm 7:17, means "The One who is
blessing," or "The Lord our Blesser."

  "Jehovah Raah," from Psalm 23:1, means "The Lord our Shepherd."

And he caused all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the
mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
      And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud
voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive
his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without a mixture into the cup of his
indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in
the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
And they shall see his face; and his name
shall be in their foreheads
And I saw heaven opened, and  behold a
white horse; and he that sat upon him was called  Faithful and
True, and in righteousness he doth judge and  make war. His eyes
were as a flame of fire, and on his head  were many crowns; and he
had a name written, that no man  knew, but he himself. And he was
clothed with a vesture  dipped in blood: and his name is called the
Word of God.
John 1:1 would mean, "In the beginning was the BIBLE, and  the
BIBLE was with God, and the BIBLE WAS GOD."
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be
the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but
with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in
fleshy tables of the heart
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the
words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.
 Behold, I have made thy face strong against
their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
     As an adament harder than flint have I made thy
forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though
they be a rebellious house.
Remember them which have the rule over you, who
have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow,
considering the end of their conversation.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves:
for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that
they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is
unprofitable for you.
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your
soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as
frontlets between your eyes.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine
eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of
thine heart.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he
that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and
milk without money and without price.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? And
your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto
me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself
in fatness.
  I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called
you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
  Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you,
and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
   But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other
gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let
him be accursed.
  As we said before, so say I now again, If any [man]
preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received,
let him be accursed.
     And all that dwell upon the earth shall
worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the
lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Although we read in I John 4:18, "...perfect love casteth out fear:
because fear hath torment.  He that feareth is not made perfect in
love," we should never forget that the context of John's statement is
limited to the Christian worrying about losing salvation.  If there is
one kind of fear that no Christian should be bothered with, it is
letting some heretic upset him with quotations taken out of the
context of Hebrews 3, 6, and 10, Second Peter, or the book of Acts.
If there is one thing God's people have no business doing, they have
no business doubting their salvation, and worrying about going to
hell, when John said in I John 4:17, "...as he is, so are we in this
world." The born again child of God has been "...accepted in the
beloved" (Eph.  1:6), and although there may be many things which he
may have to be afraid of, going to hell is not one of them.  Notice
how clearly this is brought out in the word of God in I John 4:17-18:
"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day
of judgment:  because as he is, so are we in this world.  There is no
fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:  because fear hath
torment.  He that feareth is not made perfect in love."

Now, the Transcendental Meditationists, the Buddhists, the
half-Buddhists, and the pseudo-Hindus have taken these verses out of their
Biblical context to prove that fear is an unhealthy motive, is
negative, and therefore is not to be tolerated in regards to man's
dealings with God in any line.  Of course, this is a Satanic teaching
that comes from making a liar out of God.  The Bible says in Psalm
111:10, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." The Bible
says in Job 28:28, "...the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom..." Second
Samuel 23:3 says, "...He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in
the fear of God."

The outstanding characteristic of the modern humanists who pervert the
passage of I John to teach all love and no fear is the fact that they
are demon possessed, according to Romans 3:18.  They match perfectly
the picture of degenerate man, totally depraved, and given over to the
devil.  It says in Romans 3:18 that their outstanding characteristic
is "There is no fear of God before their eyes." In plainer words, the
doctrinal teaching of the word of God is that a certain kind of fear
is very, very healthy for a saved man or an unsaved man.  The unsaved
man who fears God will not take chances that might cause God to strike
him down.  The saved man who fears the Lord does not take chances that
might ruin his testimony, ministry, usefulness, or might cut his life
short.

When Paul says to the born again child of God, "Work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling," he is very careful to add, "For it
is God which worketh in you..." (Phil.  2:12-13).  The born again
believer has the Holy Spirit in him, trying to make him Christ-like,
and trying to make him be what God wants him to be.  In view of this,
the Christian had better work out his salvation (it didn't say "work
at it") "with fear and trembling," because God is working inside the
believer's body.  Now, this great Bible doctrine of the Fear of the
Lord should be gotten down pat by the believer, and he should be
absolutely certain about its true nature, because the people who don't
fear God are always worrying about losing their salvation for some
reason.

The general adage still holds true that "a man who fears God will not
fear men," and "a man who fears men does not fear God." When you find
some big, blustering, bull-shooting bully running around saying, "I'm
going to beat up on that preacher, and I'll show them that I'm an
atheist, and the fellow can't talk to me like that.  I m going
to...blah, blah, blah," do you know what you are dealing with?  You
are dealing with a man who is trying to put on a show before men
because he worries what men think about him.  He is a coward.  Haven't
you got that figured out?  Let me tell you something.  When a man
really fears the Lord, men don't bother him.