If Christmas is pagan, should Christians be involved?

Should Christians get involved in supporting or celebrating Christmas? Have you ever heard that argument? Why in the world would Christians want to get involved in something that was really a “pagan holiday,” that we the Church co-opted? So for those critics, I have three points.
Number one: Do you give your kids birthday gifts? You celebrate your kids birthdays, why not celebrate the birth of the Savior? If we’re not going to do it now, when would you decide to do it? That would be a question.
Secondly, in 1st Corinthians 9:22, Paul says, “I became all things to all men, that by all means I may win some.” I can’t think of a time, and I doubt that you could think of a time in the year when there is more focus on the birth of Jesus Christ. Once a year, the world is confronted with the reality of His coming. And I think that’s great!
The third point is in Matthew 16:18,where Jesus said, “On this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” The idea is not that we are holding out against the world. The idea is that we are assaulting a world and they cannot overwhelm us. They cannot withstand the assault of the Church. The very fact that you and I are here, 2000 years after the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, is evidence of that. The world has done everything it can to squash the message, destroy the Word, and intimidate believers. Yet, all around the world today there are those who are singing praise, spreading the Word and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. So, if we co-opt or take over Christmas, that’s what we’re supposed to do. We’re supposed to seize the gates of the enemy. This is why we’re here and why this season is so important.

Gene Cunningham - April 19, 2023

No Double Jeopardy with God

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Unbelievers are not going to be judged because of their sin because of the law of double jeopardy. Their sins have already been judged on the cross in the person of Jesus Christ. We talk a lot about the wrath of God, but we don't often think of the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ bore the wrath of God for the sins of every member of the human race. And so when the white throne judgment takes place, the issue is not sin the issue is human good. Their human good is going to be brought up from the book of their deeds. It's going to be compared to the righteousness of Christ. It's going to fulfill the principle of Isaiah 64:6, "All our righteousness is as filthy rags..." and they will fall to their knees and confess with their tongue, as Paul tells us in Philippians Chapter three that, "Jesus is Lord to the glory of God." God does not send people to hell. All people will send themselves to the Lake of Fire. They'll acknowledge their unworthiness. They'll acknowledge the glory and the greatness of Jesus Christ. And on the basis of their own confession, they will enter into the Lake of Fire. So that shows us certainly a different picture of the character and the nature of God.