Chapter 31
The spirit of Christmas
There was a newspaper article written many years ago that contained the now
classic line ìYes Virginia there is a Santa Claus!î
To put this so-called Christian holiday in a biblical perspective, it could well be
said, ìYes Christian, there is a spirit of Christmasî.
ìFor we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.î
Ephesians 6:12
To fully comprehend how the spirit of Christmas has become so ingrained into
the hearts of men and women requires spiritual understanding. These are truths
that only the Holy Spirit can reveal to a person.
ìNow we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit
who is from God, that we might know the things that have been
freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in
words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit
teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural
man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are
foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned.î 1 Corinthians 2:12-14
Many times demons have names that describe their character or their rank in
the kingdom of darkness.